https://freerepublic.com/tag/viktorgjonaj/ en-us Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:42:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4112444/posts How a Michigan real-estate broker became convinced he had cracked the lottery—and how he tricked his investors into financing his scheme This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. One june morning in 2017, an Albanian American real-estate broker named Viktor Gjonaj parked outside a strip mall in Sterling Heights, a small suburb on the outskirts of Detroit. He hurried past a halal-meat shop, through a waft of spices from an Indian grocery store, and into... The Atlantic https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4112444/posts#comment Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:42:50 GMT