{"id":1921,"date":"2022-04-29T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:53:33","slug":"ashevilles-ponzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1921","title":{"rendered":"Asheville&#8217;s Ponzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve told the stories of businessmen in Appalachia, all with their own colorful history, folks from Cas Walker to Virgil Q. 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