Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attorney Scott Rothstein is shown in his office in July 2009. Last year, the recession prompted the unraveling of more than three times as many of the investment schemes compared with 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a household name again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion scheme. The 2009 scams ranged in size from a few hundred thousand dollars to the $7 billion, as well as the $1.2 billion scheme authorities say was operated by the now disbarred Rothstein who now has pleaded guilty. (AP Photo/Charles Trainor Jr., The Miami Herald, File)
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