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The world’s wealthiest scammers who were brought to justice

Filthy-rich fraudsters who got their comeuppance
Anna Sorokin (Delvey): one-year-and-nine-month custodial sentence
Anna Sorokin (Delvey): one-year-and-nine-month custodial sentence
Raffaello Follieri: four-years-and-six-month custodial sentence
Raffaello Follieri: four-years-and-six-month custodial sentence
Christophe Rocancourt: four-years-and-10-month custodial sentence
Christophe Rocancourt: four-years-and-10-month custodial sentence
Charles Ponzi: five-year custodial sentence
Charles Ponzi: five-year custodial sentence
Joseph Weil: six-year custodial sentence
Joseph Weil: six-year custodial sentence
Calisto Tanzi: eight-years-and-one-month custodial sentence
Calisto Tanzi: eight-years-and-one-month custodial sentence
Cassie Chadwick: 14-year custodial sentence
Cassie Chadwick: 14-year custodial sentence
Reed Slatkin: 14-year custodial sentence
Reed Slatkin: 14-year custodial sentence
Huang Guangyu: 14-year custodial sentence
Huang Guangyu: 14-year custodial sentence
Samuel Israel III: 22-year custodial sentence
Samuel Israel III: 22-year custodial sentence
Dennis Kozlowski: 25-year custodial sentence
Dennis Kozlowski: 25-year custodial sentence
Bernard Ebbers: 25-year custodial sentence
Bernard Ebbers: 25-year custodial sentence
Barry Minkow: 35-year custodial sentence
Barry Minkow: 35-year custodial sentence
Allen Stanford: 110-year custodial sentence
Allen Stanford: 110-year custodial sentence
Bernie Madoff: 150-year custodial sentence
Bernie Madoff: 150-year custodial sentence
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Filthy-rich fraudsters who got their comeuppance

Famous financier fraudster Bernie Madoff died behind bars on 14 April aged 82. He had been serving a 150-year sentence since 2009, following his involvement in the world's largest Ponzi scheme and the biggest financial fraud in US history. But Madoff isn't the only fraudster to have conned people on a huge scale. While some have never been charged for their crimes, many have done serious jail time or are still serving long stretches in prison. Click or scroll through some of the most notorious swindlers who were eventually brought to justice.

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Daniel Coughlin

22 April 2021

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