state residents.

The Listing states:

"Vermont is the safest state in the nation, reporting just 118 violent crimes per 100,000 state residents. Due to the state’s low population of just 626,042, the total number of murders, at 10, and the total number of violent crimes, at 739, are each also the lowest of any state in the country. However, violence rose substantially in Vermont last year. The state’s violent crime rate rose by 15.1 percent, third most compared with other states. While the robbery rate, which is included in the violent crime rate, remains nearly the lowest in the country, it rose by a staggering 40.4 percent last year."

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In an interview with 24/7 Wall St.,Andrew Caspersen departs after a hearing at the U.S. Federal Court in New York on March 28. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Groomed at some of the country’s most elite private schools, Andrew Caspersen glided onto Wall Street with ease. His father was a well-known financier, and Caspersen followed in his footsteps. He snagged jobs in the close-knit private equity world, earning a salary of more than $3.68 million in 2015.

So when Caspersen called friends and family members last year with an investment opportunity, no one, it seems, blinked an eye. The 39-year-old quickly collected tens of millions from those closest to him, including his mother and brothers, as well as Wall Street insiders familiar with his pedigree.

But according to federal prosecutors, Caspersen was living a lie. The private equity firm executive