Financial scams continue to captivate the richest in Colombia. Scams like that of rancher Felipe Rocha have fertile ground in a country where the desire to get easy money is mixed with a limited investment market.

The biggest recent scam in Colombia was named with the initials of its designer: DMG (David Murcia Guzmán) His story forced President Álvaro Uribe to decree a state of emergency to respond to more than 500,000 people affected by the fraud.