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  2. Nevin Shapiro - Wikipedia

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    Nevin Karey Shapiro (born April 13, 1969) is a convicted felon who received a 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating a $930 million Ponzi scheme.According to interviews, he allegedly engaged in rampant violations of NCAA rules over eight years as a booster for University of Miami athletes.

  3. 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal - Wikipedia

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    Rapper Uncle Luke of 2 Live Crew in May 2017 Nevin Shapiro (left) in August 2020. The University of Miami and its football team were the subject of a number of past scandals. In May 1994, The Miami Herald reported that 2 Live Crew member Uncle Luke and several NFL players had offered a pay-to-play scheme from 1986 through 1992, giving cash rewards to University Miami players for acts such as ...

  4. Former investment CEO scammed $880 million with pyramid scheme

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    Nevin Shapiro, 41, of Miami Beach, surrendered ... federal grand jury has indicted a South Florida man on charges he allegedly scammed investors out of $880 million in a Ponzi scheme with promises ...

  5. Nevin Shapiro, eye of Miami scandal, is out of prison - AOL

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    The transfer comes on the heels of recent federal prison directives to move some at-risk inmates into home confinement in the face of COVID-19 outbreaks.

  6. ‘Red flags on top of red flags’: Problems mount for UM ...

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    Shapiro admitted he used millions of dollars gained illegally from a $930 million Ponzi scheme to write checks to the university and provide impermissible benefits to star athletes, including, he ...

  7. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    On September 15, 2010, Nevin Shapiro pleaded guilty to a 2005–2009 Ponzi scheme in a Newark, New Jersey court. The scheme brought in approximately $880 million. The scheme brought in approximately $880 million.

  8. 17 Worst Money Scandals in Sports - AOL

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    In 2002, Miami booster Nevin Shapiro upped the ante in a big way. Between 2002 and 2011, Shapiro, who was sent to prison for running a $930 million Ponzi scheme, said he gave improper gifts and ...

  9. List of American Greed episodes - Wikipedia

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    In case 1, Phillip Barry runs a Ponzi scheme in Brooklyn that scams over 800 investors of $40 million, resulting in a 20 year prison term. In case 2, Kevin Carney is running a Ponzi scheme in Chicago by claiming he invented a new stock trading computer program producing high returns. He scams $19 million and is sentenced to 13 years in prison. [30]