Celebrities Scammed By Madoff

Celebrities scammed by Madoff

By Bankrate.com

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Celebrities scammed by Madoff
Five years after start of the financial crisis, thousands of individual investors, pension funds, corporations and universities who lost big in Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme are still reeling from the losses.
We take a look at Madoff's celebrity client list, some of whom are still facing significant financial challenges as a result of Madoff's fraud. While not all amounts have been disclosed, here are 10 of the biggest celebrities that were hit.

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