The alleged Ponzi scheme that preyed on Mormons
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Today on the show, the $500 million alleged Ponzi scheme that preyed on Mormons.
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Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was killed outside his home in September; a Clark County official he had investigated is charged in his death. To continue German\\u2019s work, The Washington Post teamed up with his newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, to complete one of the stories he\\u2019d planned to pursue before he was killed. A folder on German\\u2019s desk contained court documents he\\u2019d started to gather about an alleged Ponzi scheme that preyed upon hundreds of people \\u2014 many of them Mormon \\u2014 over the course of five years. Post reporter Lizzie Johnson began investigating. Today on Post Reports, we look at how more than 900 people invested an estimated total of $500 million into an alleged Ponzi scheme, and why the men who allegedly ran this operation are still walking free.
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