• Gaston E. Cantens Scheme size: $135 million

  • Eduardo Orlansky Scheme size: $165 million

  • George Elia Scheme size: $11 million

  • Lewis Freeman Scheme size: $2.6 million

  • Hector Orlansky Scheme size: $165 million

  • Luis Felipe Perez Scheme size: $40 million

  • Scott Rothstein Scheme size: $7 billion Charles Trainor Jr

  • Nevin Shapiro Scheme size: $930 million Yahoo website

  • R. Allen Stanford: Scheme size: $7 billion David J. Phillip / AP

  • Steven Steiner Scheme size: $837 million Jana Danger/For The Herald

  • Joel Steinger Scheme size: $837 million

  • Bernie Madoff: Scheme size: $65 billion Mario Tama / Getty Images