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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 AM

I was fleeced by Madoff

The financial guru's Ponzi scheme cost me 30 years of retirement savings. How could he do this to me -- and why did I let him?
By Geneen Roth

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:29 PM

    You were greedy.

    Now you're paying for it. I have to say I'm not too upset about this Madoff stuff that happened. Gullible + greedy is a dangerous combination.

    —Yernar Read Yernar's other letters

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