20 years in prison for Brooklyn Ponzi schemer

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/*Philip Barry*/ will spend two decades behind bars for orchestrating a $60 million Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 800 investors.

Barry, called /*Brooklyn*/'s /*Bernie Madoff*/, faced as much as 27 years in prison.

Barry operated out of a bare-bones storefront, but he lured neighborhood investors in /*Bay Ridge*/ with the promise of high returns.

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