Madoff Fraud

Can Anyone Stop the Next Madoff?

Jeff Prosserman | Posted 10.25.2011

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In late 1999, Boston-based securities analyst Harry Markopolos discovered Bernard Madoff was running the largest Ponzi scheme in world history. His team pursued the truth for nearly a decade, only to find no one would listen.

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SEC Rarely Rewards Whistleblowers, Inspector General Investigation Finds

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has had a bounty program for two decades to reward outside whistleblowers. But it has made f...

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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Banksters

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

It turns out, toddlers who tell lies do better as adults. Whether this is surprising news about child development, or a sad statement about the kind of society we live in depends on how you define "better."

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Madoff Whistleblower Book: Claims He Uncovered State Street Fraud, Thought About Killing Madoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an explosive new book, Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos tells the inside story of how he uncovered the $65 billion fraud, claims that ...

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Frank DiPascali Jr. Gets 'Extraordinary' Leniency

nytimes.com | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prosecutors expect to recommend "extraordinary" leniency for Frank DiPascali Jr., who has admitted being Bernard L. Madoff's crucial lieutenant in his...

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Bernard Madoff Transferred From Prison To Medical Facility

Posted 05.25.2011

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BUTNER, N.C. (AP) -- Bernard Madoff has been moved from a North Carolina federal prison to a prison medical facility. Federal Bureau of Prisons spoke...

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SEC's Madoff Report: Madoff Was Amazed Regulators Repeatedly Failed To Detect His Fraud

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Bernard Madoff was apparently convinced that it never even occurred to Securities and Exchange Commission staff he was running a Po...

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Ruth Madoff Won't Be Prosecuted For Ponzi Scheme: NY Post

NY Post | MURRAY WEISS, BRUCE GOLDING and DAN MANGAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ruth Madoff is in the clear -- for now. Ruth will not be prosecuted for the massive Ponzi scheme that won her husband Bernard Madoff a 150-year pris...

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Records Show How Madoff Used Firm As "Piggy Bank"

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Madoff listed family members, boat captains, housekeepers and others as employees of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, even though they nev...

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Frank DiPascali: Madoff's Right Hand Man To Name Names

FORTUNE | James Bandler and Nicholas Varchaver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fortune has learned that Frank DiPascali is trying to negotiate a plea deal with federal prosecutors in which, in exchange for a reduced sentence, he ...

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Lawsuit Claims JPMorgan Aided Madoff's Fraud

New York Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 05.25.2011

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Victims of Bernard L. Madoff's Ponzi scheme have accused his banker, JPMorgan Chase, of aiding his crime by maintaining his checking accounts and trad...

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Madoff Liquidator Has $2.6 Billion, Enough To Pay Back "Legitimate Claims"

Bloomberg | Linda Sandler and David Voreacos | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 27 (Bloomberg) -- The agency liquidating Bernard Madoff's brokerage says the $2.6 billion it has on hand is enough to satisfy all legitimate cla...

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Ruth Madoff, Kids Targets Of Probe, Bernie Not Cooperating: Report

The Daily Beast | Lucinda Franks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two days before Bernard Madoff enters an 11-count guilty plea in Manhattan federal court, the investigation into his giant Ponzi scheme has broadened ...

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Madoff To Plead Guilty To 11 Counts, Faces Up To 150 Years In Prison

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In a courtroom surprise, it was revealed Tuesday that Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to securities fraud, perjury and othe...

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Madoff's Ponzi Scheme: $50 Billion Figure May Be Fictitious

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff and $50 billion. His name and that number have become inseparable in describing the enormity of what has been called t...

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Bernie Madoff Victims Speak Out (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vanity Fair is featuring video by Stephen Wilkes of a handful of Bernard Madoff's many victims telling their stories. There is the "penniless" Mau...

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Madoff Seeks To Keep NYC Penthouse, $62M In Assets

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff is seeking to keep a $7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $62 million in assets, saying they are unrelated...

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Stanford, Madoff Scandals Show Need for Campaign Finance Reform

Duncan Quirk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senators and Representatives are elected to represent their constituents, so why should Madoff and Stanford and others be allowed to donate to campaigns for which they are not constituents?

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Madoff Ponzi Scheme: No Indication Stocks Were Ever Purchased

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Investors wiped out by the Bernard Madoff scandal got more bad news on Friday: Investigators have confirmed suspicions that the month...

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WATCH: Madoff Whistleblower Testifies, WSJ Blew Chance To Break Story

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE 2:20PM*** The Wall Street Journal blew its chance to break open the Madoff ponzi scheme three years ago, according to whistleblower Harry M...

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Madoff, Merkin and the Epidemiology of Fraud

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Madoff scandal sheds light on the extent to which friendships, philanthropic involvement, and other social ties influence presumably "rational" decisions, like how money is invested.

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Suicide Contagion: Will Madoff Investor's 'Act of Honor' Be the Last?

Douglas Faneuil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Praising a suicide as honorable may come with an extremely high price: namely, more suicides. News organizations have a duty to temper such judgments -- not to censor them, but to put them in context.

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Lawyer: Madoff Cooperating With Federal Probes

Reuters | Grant McCool and Martha Graybow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bernard Madoff is cooperating with government investigations into his alleged $50 billion fraud, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday, as prosecutors so...

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Why We Keep Falling For Financial Scams

Wall Street Journal | STEPHEN GREENSPAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are few areas where skepticism is more important than how one invests one's life savings. Yet intelligent and educated people, some of them naï...

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Madoff Investor's Suicide Was An "Act Of Honor", Brother Says

Bloomberg | Alan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet's sense of honor led the descendent of French army officers and an ennobled shipping family to commit suicide after he...

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