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Read The Suicide Note Of A Ponzi Schemer

10.27.10 2:15 PM EDT By Ben Popken

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“For decades I’ve felt trapped, like, someone who has had a stroke who can think on the inside, but cannot communicate on the outside. … I feel like I have disappeared long ago. … So here is the story. My secret life of terrible crime.” So begins the suicide note of Robert Markman, whose 20-year Ponzi scheme was only discovered after he shot himself.

Fund manager’s tragic reckoning [Star Tribune]

10.27.10By Ben Popken

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