Victims pose as FBI agents to get money back from alleged Ponzi scheme

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Katya Wachtel and Courtney Comstock, Business Insider · Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

In possibly the most ballsy attempt to recoup money lost in an (alleged) Ponzi scheme, a group of Californians pretended to be FBI agents, held up a hedge fund, and demanded their money back.

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JP
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    Hahahah - one time I am proud of 'Only in California' remarks.

    I love it and I am sorry they got in trouble and didn't get their money back.

    However, 'don't try this at home'. For example there have been reports on the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home about people who went after 409 Conspiracy Scammers in Nigeria - and never returned or were heard of again.

    ... yeh so if you try this, well just don't try this...
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