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Wall Street con man used 87-year-old Obama donor as ‘front’ to secretly run Nasdaq firm despite SEC ban: suit

Daniel Gordon, a disgraced ex-Merrill Lynch trader who currently owes New York State $59 million in unpaid taxes, allegedly used a prolific Democratic mega-donor as a puppet to skirt his lifetime ban.

Republican Ledger staff · 1:16 PM ET

Wall Street con man used 87-year-old Obama donor as ‘front’ to secretly run Nasdaq firm despite SEC ban: suit
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Daniel Gordon, a disgraced ex-Merrill Lynch trader who currently owes New York State $59 million in unpaid taxes, allegedly used a prolific Democratic mega-donor as a puppet to skirt his lifetime ban.

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