I saw a docu portrating something like that. He apparently was doing his friends a favor and of course in the jewish communities he was a fellow who had the secret sauce to steady great returns in addition to a very good reputation. I’m sure there were doubters too but his long track record spoke for itself. A lot of those people had charitable orgs that were completely wiped out. His sick thinking was something like people are greedy and so they more than deserve to lose their money. Thing is folks who’d want to get out would be convinced to stay in afraid he’d never ‘invest’ their money again.