Another North American Jewish community rocked by Ponzi scheme
Haaretz
18 Dicembre 2009
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Members of Toronto's Jewish community have lost more than $27 million in a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by one of its own members, Canada's National Post newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The alleged fraud involving 76 high-profile investors came to light after a small printing plant in the Richmond Hill section went bankrupt.
The scheme was allegedly run by Tzvi Erez, 42, a prominent community member who owned the small print shop and claimed he was brokering large jobs for blue-chip clients, according to two of his alleged victims who spoke to the National Post.
The victims told the newspaper that Erez approached them through intermediaries for cash advances on orders and allegedly promised to return the original …
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