Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Jeffrey Picower, Madoff Associate, Leaves Fortune To Charity

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A man who made billions of dollars off Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme signed a will leaving the bulk of his fortune to charity, but th...

Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

How Madoff Managed To Fake His Trades

securitiesindustry.com | John Dodge | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Over the past six weeks, Securities Industry News has dug into and beyond the court records to construct the most extensive report yet on how Madoff a...

Jeffry Picower Autopsy Results: Had Heart Attack, Drowned In Pool

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff drown...

Two Madoff Victims File Lawsuit Against The SEC

Reuters | Tom Hals | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business


Two victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, seeking at leas...

Madoff Trustee Irving Picard: Let Madoff's Sons Go Bankrupt (VIDEO)

Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


The man in charge of unwinding Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi Scheme appeared on 60 Minutes last night, in one of his first major public appearances. (...

Half Of Madoff Clients Technically Made Money

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that a review of most accounts held by financier Bernard Madoff's customers when he was arrested sho...

Madoff Victims' Personal Data On Stolen Laptop

newsday.com | September 22, 2009 | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business


More than 2,200 Bernard Madoff investors are learning that some of their personal and financial information has potentially been breached after the Ju...

Ron Weinstein, Husband Of Madoff Mistress, Speaks

The Daily Beast | Tracy Quan | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York


Ron Weinstein has only one thing in common with Bernie Madoff: Sheryl Weinstein, the woman he's been married to for 37 years. Last week she appeare...

Charities Hurt By Madoff May Need To Return Funds

The Jewish Daily Forward | Josh Nathan-Kazis | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York


The battered image of Hadassah, the American women'ss Zionist organization, may be harmed further by the disclosure earlier this month that its former...

10 Reasons Why People of Faith Should Support Healthcare Reform

Edward J. Murray | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Edward J. Murray

We must help the President and Congress do what we sent them to Washington to do: reform healthcare insurance coverage in the U.S. now. Even faith demands it. Doesn't it?

In Madoff Case, Investment Banks May Be Sued: NY Post

New York Post | KAJA WHITEHOUSE | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Joseph Cotchett, the San Francisco trial lawyer who last week made a splash when he sat down with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, is using the ...

Fair

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business


Norman Horowitz

We are all victims of a deregulatory Tsunami that has been in process in order to make the "big guys bigger."

First Madoff Interview: Explains How He Pulled Off Massive Fraud

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A lawyer for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme says the financier told him during a 4 1/2-hour prison interview plenty of deta...

David Friehling, Bernie Madoff's Accountant, May Be Nearing Plea Deal

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's accountant -- the only other person charged so far in the disgraced financier's massive fraud -- may be nearing a pl...

Madoff Moves to Prison in N.C.

NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home


Convicted ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff has left New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center and is taking up new digs at a federal prison in North Ca...

Bernard Madoff 's Office For Rent (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- Behind unmarked doors on the 17th floor of a red granite high-rise known as the Lipstick Building, FBI agents still labor to unravel ...

Madoff-Tainted Townhouse Sells For $9.75 Million

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York


A fashionable Manhattan townhouse purchased by a director of the Fairfield Greenwich Group and his wife, the daughter of Greenwich's founder, has been...

Ruth Madoff Evicted: U.S. Marshals Order Her Out Of Upper East Side Apartment

AP | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse in a mo...

Madoff the God of Plunder

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Daniel Bruno Sanz

Viewing Wagner's opera as a non-musician and member of the audience, it speaks to me about the leitmotif of avarice and Bernard Madoff.

Bernard Madoff and the Art of Financial Self-Delusion

Sheldon Filger | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

Among the multitude of Madoff clients who were literally picked clean of their life savings, I was struck by the contradiction between their apparent intelligence and acute naiveté.

4 Ways to Avoid a Finanical Scam: Don't Get "Madoff-ed"

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


Jill Schlesinger

When hiring a financial adviser, there are three distinct pieces: the advice, the trading and the custodianship. In Madoff's case, he owned all three pieces, but in most firms, at least one of the pieces is handled separately.

Madoff Sentence: Is It a Jewish Thing?

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


Michael Wolff

How many more years in prison did Bernie Madoff get for being Jewish? We might as well get the question out there. It's surfaced since the Madoff arr...

Charities Face Greater Threat From Ponzi Schemes Than Lost Investments

David Donell | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


David Donell

With courts unwilling to interpret the law as affording some defense for charities, there have been efforts to persuade legislators to amend existing laws to provide such a defense. But little has come of these efforts.

Victims lash out at Madoff sentencing

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business


Excerpts from statements made by victims of Bernard Madoff's financial fraud. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday. "I was introduced t...