HENNESSEY, C.J.
During the 1960's, Nathaniel Lipton, a certified public accountant in New Bedford, obtained large sums of money from the plaintiff and about seventy-five other persons, under the pretense of investing the money for them. Lipton appropriated the funds to his own use, returning some newly acquired funds to the would-be investors as "interest."
On October 31, 1969, some of the victims discovered Lipton's scheme and, because they feared that he...
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