By the end of the year , however , it was easily topped , as us financier bernard madoff was arrested dec. 11 and charged with running a $ 50 billion ponzi scheme , a swindle in which early investors are paid off with money from later ones .
Due to the lack of transparency and swindle involved , there is no hard information on how big this problem can become .
由于缺乏透明度和卷入其中的诈骗行为,丝毫没有过硬的资料说明这一问题会演变成多大的麻烦。
Moscowitz cried , bracing himself for the consummate outrage . " To swindle me out of my life 's savings and then to nosh me in butter sauce ! What kind of universe is this ? "