The 'Palestinian' Bernie Madoff

His name is Ihab al-Kurd and he is the largest tunnel operator in Gaza. He and some 200 others have been arrested over the disappearance of some $500 million invested in smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt. Investment opportunities are rare in the Gaza Strip. So when Nabila Ghabin saw one last year, she pawned her car and jewelry and put $12,000 into a network of tunnels that brought in