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Francisco Canseco: “Yet, during that timeframe, we have seen gigantic accounting scandals, such as Enron and Worldcom; billion-dollar Ponzi…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Yet, during that timeframe, we have seen gigantic accounting scandals, such as Enron and Worldcom; billion-dollar Ponzi schemes, Madoff and Stanford; and a mortgage meltdown that has left millions of Americans unemployed.

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Canseco highlights past regulatory failures leading to significant financial scandals.

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