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Campus Connection: Alvarez and family reportedly lost $1 million in Ponzi scheme

University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez and members of his family filed claims for at least $1 million from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro, the Associated Press reports. Alvarez is not the focus of the AP article, which instead zeroes in on an NCAA investigation examining Shapiro?s connections with the University of Miami Hurricanes? football program.