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Despite such glaring examples, how are so many people still defrauded?

No government agency is taking responsibility for the MTFE scam that has left thousands of Bangladeshis staring at catastrophic losses due to the murky nature of its operations.

It has the classic appearance of a Ponzi scheme: promising high returns to potential investors and offering unusually high returns on their investments in a short span of time.

Volkswagen says 11 million vehicles worldwide are involved in the scandal that has erupted over its rigging of US car emissions tests.