New York-based asset management firm GPB Capital Holdings allegedly defrauded more than 17,000 retail investors in a Ponzi-like scheme, then attempted to impede an employee from blowing the whistle on the illegal practices, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint filed Thursday.

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