Southern Florida is awash with empty luxury properties. For one Miami couple and their accomplices, that looked like prime hunting ground for nearly $10 million in mortgage fraud. Their targets? Venezuela’s sanctioned elite. As WSJ’s Konrad Putzier reports, it was fun while it lasted. 

Further Reading:

- Florida Couple Turned the Empty Miami Mansions of Venezuela’s Elite Into Personal Piggy Banks 

Further Listening:

- An Undercover Operation to Reveal an Alleged Ponzi Scheme 

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