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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Top Broker Busted for $50B ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Here’s yet another candidate for the expanding collection of Tales from the Dark Side of Wall Street (is there any other side?): The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122903010173099377-lMyQjAxMDI4MjE5MjAxMzIwWj.html" title="reported">reported</a> Friday that Bernard L. Madoff, a top trader for nearly five decades who has served as chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested this week after his sons turned him in for engineering an elaborate “Ponzi scheme.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081212_top_broker_busted_for_50b_ponzi_scheme/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081212_top_broker_busted_for_50b_ponzi_scheme/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Top Broker Busted for $50B ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Here’s yet another candidate for the expanding collection of Tales from the Dark Side of Wall Street (is there any other side?): The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122903010173099377-lMyQjAxMDI4MjE5MjAxMzIwWj.html" title="reported">reported</a> Friday that Bernard L. Madoff, a top trader for nearly five decades who has served as chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested this week after his sons turned him in for engineering an elaborate “Ponzi scheme.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081212_top_broker_busted_for_50b_ponzi_scheme/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081212_top_broker_busted_for_50b_ponzi_scheme/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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