Investor Who Defrauded Millionaires Escapes From Federal Prison

Investor Who Defrauded Millionaires Escapes From Federal Prison
Darren Berg escaped from Atwater Federal Prison Camp on Dec. 6. U.S. Penitentiary Atwater Prison
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An investment manager who ran a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme which earned him an 18-year sentence in a federal penitentiary, is free after serving only four years—free and on the run.

Frederick Darren Berg, called “mini-Madoff,” escaped from Atwater Satellite Prison Camp, about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco sometime on the afternoon of Dec. 6, prison officials said.