COMMENT | Egg on the faces of Penang CM, Guan Eng
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COMMENT | Researching the biggest con jobs in the world on the Net was as interesting as the search results revealing some interesting facts and figures.
Far too many had made too much at the expense of the ordinary man. Fraudsters, imposters and cheats readily exploit one weakness of the human being – greed.
Stacker lists the top financial swindlers including Charles Ponzi who earned infamy with his name and Bernie Madoff who scammed thousands with promises of big returns on their investments.
Then there’s Jordan Belfort of whom the infamous movie “Wolf of Wall Street” was made with stolen Malaysian money. He spent 22 months in prison after stealing more than US$100 million as part of a drug and sex-fuelled frenzy of corporate theft based on the so-called pump-and-dump scheme.
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