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Old 03-27-2012, 11:52 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Daradon View Post
Now this might be a dumb question. What if you were involved as dumped investor in a ponzi scheme, but withdrew your investment (and got it) before the whole thing went belly up. A major rarity for a lot of reasons I know, but possible in some of the larger schemes, especially if your investment is small in comparison.

Could you be implicated? Do you have to return the extra cash? Or do you get to keep your ill gotten gains?
From my understanding you'd be in the clear unless the reasoning around pulling out your money is that you were aware that it was illegal and you didn't report it.

But from everything I've read these operators will do everything to prevent you from withdrawing your funds, right up to appealing to your greed and adding a guaranteed higher percentage point.
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