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But in the chaos of the national housing collapse, in thousands of buildings like this one that have fallen into default and where tenants have watched the owners walk away, the answer to one simple question is not always clear: Who is responsible for fixing it?

The SEC and the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey on Wednesday charged a Miami Beach-based businessman with allegedly running a Ponzi scheme that sucked in close to $1 billion.