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The Amish Bernie Madoff

The Amish Bernie Madoff

By Ben Popken September 19, 2011

It seems you don’t need electricity to commit fraud. A man has been likened to being “The Amish Bernie Madoff” after he was accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 2,700 Amish families, nonprofits and businesses out of $16.8 million. [More]

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