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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Dec 2012

    Peter #Madoff, brother of financier Bernard Madoff, receives 10-year jail sentence in New York for role in #Ponzi scheme

    2:42 PM - 20 Dec 2012
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      1. High Plains Grifter‏ @bobcdillon 20 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking If they've started locking up bankers for ponzi schemes, the whole of Wall St and the square mile better start running.

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      1. Taneem Saeed‏ @TanSaeed 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking So he may be out a shade before his brother...

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      1. Roxy  🌊‏ @Roxygirl1960 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking This family fascinates me.I mean..intelligent beyond words& had the midas touch! How could the Madoff Bros.Go to the dark side?

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      1. Roxy  🌊‏ @Roxygirl1960 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @iamValC Besides our WWII discussion this week, have always enjoyed trying to figure out how Bernie got away w/the ponzi scheme

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      1. ConstanceS‏ @CShayOne 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #Madoff #Ponzi see for some their world has come to an end.

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      1. Vincenzo De Palma‏ @16vdp 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews #Madoff #Ponzi - Not a surprise - and wonder the logic behind the length of sentence.

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      1. roberto savorani‏ @roberto200579 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I thought Obama legalized banking fraud...maybe he scummed the wrong ones

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      1. 10inarow‏ @Irishbhoy1916 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Great to hear , another greedy bastard put away .

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      1. Momma G‏ @official_mommaG 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking should be longer!

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      1. René Rojas‏ @RenRojas 20 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking 2 of the same kind...

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