The Ponzi scam eventually collapses, exposing Britain's great commercial empire for a greed-fuelled racket and its high society as a hypocritical sham.

庞氏骗局最终瓦解，暴露出英国庞大的商业帝国是一个贪婪滋生的骗局，其上流社会是一个虚伪的骗局。

In 2009 he was sentenced to 150 years in prison for his part in the Ponzi scam, but how much did he defraud from investors?

在2009年，因为参与庞氏骗局他被宣判监禁150年，但是他从投资者那里骗取了多少钱呢？