Ponzi ploys morph in post-Madoff era

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IT HAS been more than 10 years since Bernard Madoff was caught running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, a case that became a cautionary tale for investors and a call to action for regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made changes in its enforcement division to better detect fraud, established specialised teams and even revamped its system for handling tips from the public.