Zuckoff , a professor of journalism at Boston University , explains how , over the course of a few months in 1920 , Ponzi persuaded 30,000 people in Boston to entrust him with their money -LRB- almost $ 10 million -RRB- in exchange for a certificate promising a 50-percent return in 45 days .
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