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Ken Starr Pleads Guilty

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To Ponzi scheme for the stars.

We’re sure there’s a comfy cell in a minimum-security prison awaiting him somewhere: Investment adviser Ken Starr has pleaded guilty to charges that he conned his celebrity clients out of tens of millions of dollars. He used $20 million to $50 million of his clients’ money to settle disputes with other clients and to buy a multimillion-dollar condo on the Upper East Side of New York. He could face between 10 and 12.5 years in prison when he’s sentenced on December 15.

Read it at The New York Times

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