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The Wunderkind
Ephren Taylor II / Lucian Development
A self-proclaimed “socially conscious” entrepreneur uses church seminars and motivational speeches to lure investors into a nationwide Ponzi scheme.
Prelude: “King” Perry Santillo and Chris Parris perpetuate a financial fraud to which they had fallen victim.
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