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The ''[[Kyiv Post]]'' reported on 26 November 2008 that American citizen Robert Fletcher (Robert T. Fletcher III; aka "Rob") was arrested by the SBU (Ukraine State Police) after being accused by Ukrainian investors of running a Ponzi scheme and associated pyramid scam netting US$20 million. (The ''Kyiv Post'' also
In the United Kingdom in 2008 and 2009, a £21 million pyramid scheme named 'Give and Take' involved at least 10,000 victims in the south-west of England and South Wales. Leaders of the scheme were prosecuted and served time in jail before being ordered to pay £500,000 in compensation and costs in 2015. The cost of bringing the prosecution was in excess of £1.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34242680|title=Prosecuting members of a £21m pyramid scheme cost taxpayers £1.4m|date=14 September 2015|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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