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PONZI SCHEMES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017
Justice Department taps $4 billion fund to start paying victims of Bernie Madoff¡¯s massive Ponzi scheme
The U.S. Justice Department started a long-delayed distribution to victims of Bernard Madoff¡¯s Ponzi scheme, tapping a $4 billion fund created through settlements with some of the con man¡¯s oldest customers and his bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2015
MRI owner to pay $584 million for bilking Japanese investors
A Las Vegas businessman and his company, MRI International Inc., were ordered to pay $584 million after a judge ruled that they defrauded Japanese investors in a Ponzi scheme.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2014
Madoff sons took millions for real estate, trustee alleges
Bernard Madoff¡¯s sons created accounts out of thin air and engineered sham loans to buy pricey Manhattan real estate as they diverted tens of millions of dollars of money from their father¡¯s firm, a court-appointed trustee said Tuesday.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month

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