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Breaking Faith: Fraud in the Heartland

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How 1,200 investors were conned out of over $190 million dollars through a Christian radio ministry.


See all the videos on this scheme at http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/07/15/cook_kiley_long_pkg.cnnmoney/


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