Madoff

Banco Santander To Pay $235 Million In Madoff Case

New York Times | Zachery Kouwe | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


Banco Santander, which funneled $3 billion of its clients' money to Bernard L. Madoff, agreed Tuesday to pay $235 million to settle potential legal cl...

Get Rich Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy


Jeff Kreisler

Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen--so why not you?

One Billion and Broke

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

If this were Hollywood, the courtroom would be jammed. Reporters everywhere. Rowdy audience. Distinguished lawyers snarling and prepping to rip each o...

Could Great Magazines Publish Less Original Material?

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Julia Cheiffetz

During this moment of transition when budgets for long form journalism seem scarcer by the day, maybe looking to the classics or the public domain is one tiny way to keep our collective attention span in tact.

Irving Picard Fights To Recover Madoff Money (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business


While the SEC did nothing for years as Bernard Madoff ripped off billions from his clients in one of the world's largest ponzi schemes, the trustee pu...

Spaghetti a la Madoff

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

The trustee is on a mission to recover funds. He has his agenda, and we're watching a game of hardball between the courts and some extremely wealthy investors.

Should the SEC Tweet?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

FINRA and the SEC are compounding a problem -- they're regulating unevenly. The result is that bad guys have a place to hide -- or to reinvent themselves.

Billions Withdrawn Before Madoff Arrest, Records Show

New York Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business


About $12 billion was pulled out of accounts at Bernard L. Madoff's firm in 2008, according to several people briefed on an analysis of Mr. Madoff's b...

Top Ten Ways to Spot Financial Fraud

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

Madoff's sense of order was legendary. He probably arrived at the office early just to run the vacuum cleaner. Other cons are similarly fastidious.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' Allowance

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

Madoff's preferential treatment of some investors, however, is a big deal. It's a likely blueprint, I think, of the trustee's legal tactics.

Bernie Madoff, Scapegoat

Michael Moore | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business


Michael Moore

Instead of putting those responsible for the financial crisis in jail, why did we give them huge sums of our hard-earned tax dollars. Bernard Madoff is nothing more than the scab on the wound.

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

FORTUNE | James Bandler and Nicholas Varchaver | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business


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 ...

BERNIE MADOFF Movie: Life To Be Put On-Screen

New York Post | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


BERNIE Madoff is coming to a movie theater near you. ...

Ruth Madoff Visits Bernie Behind Bars (VIDEO)

AP/NBC | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff's wife has visited him in the Manhattan jail where he has been held since pleading guilty to orchestrating perhaps the...

Madoff's Yacht Seized On French Riviera

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business


PARIS — Another of Bernard Madoff's trophy assets has been seized, this time in the south of France. French authorities on the Cote d'Azur have...

Peter Madoff: Expenses Run $10K A Month

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business


MINEOLA, N.Y. — Bernard Madoff's brother Peter gets access to $10,000 a month for living expenses under an agreement approved Friday in a lawsui...

Fairfield Greenwich Advisors Charged With Fraud

AP | KELSEY ABBRUZZESE | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business


BOSTON — Massachusetts' top securities regulator accused a major feeder fund for Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme of misrepresentin...

Madoff's London Office Accused Of Role In Fraud

New York Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business


British regulators said on Friday that the London office of Bernard L. Madoff played a large part in his sweeping Ponzi scheme, in one of the first si...

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

Bloomberg | Linda Sandler and David Voreacos | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business


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...

Allen Stanford 'Is Not Madoff', Says His Lawyer

BusinessWeek | Matthew Goldstein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Alleged fraudster R. Allen Stanford is gunning for a fight. Dick DeGuerin, the celebrated Houston criminal defense lawyer representing Stanford, ca...

Bernie Madoff and the Zen Master

Laurie Nadel | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living


Laurie Nadel

When people lose money, it can be quite interesting. You can find out what you really love about life that keeps us here and what you came to this planet for is not necessarily your apartment.

Madoff's French Chateau In Crosshairs

New York Post | BRUCE GOLDING and DAN MANGAN | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business


Sacre bleu! A battle royal between American and French authorities is brewing over ownership of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's $1 million getaway on t...

Madoff, the Sit-Com

Richard B. Woodward | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy


Richard B. Woodward

When thinking of the Madoff saga as a fantastic comedy, I imagine him as a one-time character on Seinfeld. The pattern of the scandal mirrors the social network of the series.

U.S. Regulator Probing "Rampant Ponzimonium"

Reuters | Jason Szep | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


Hundreds of people in the United States are under investigation for financial scams, many involving Ponzi schemes, a U.S. regulator said on Friday, ca...

Ruth Madoff Shopping

New York Post | BRUCE GOLDING and DANIEL SHAPIRO | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


She was shopping for detergent but will she come clean? Ruth Madoff, looking like a desperate housewife, went grocery shopping last night, just hou...