SEC says big Ponzi scheme targeted investors in Japan

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has uncovered an "extensive and egregious" Ponzi scheme run by a Las Vegas executive who raised more than $800 million from thousands of investors, mainly fro...

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