China’s Bernard Madoff
In China, a Madoff-style scandal has emerged. A Chinese man who masterminded a pyramid scheme that lost investors a total of 246 million dollars has been sentenced to fifteen years in jail and ordered to pay a heavy fine. Anchor Marco Werman finds out the details from the BBC’s Chris Hogg in Shanghai.
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