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Madoff Whistleblower Markopolos Blasts SEC But Praises New Chair Schapiro

BusinessWeek | Aaron Pressman | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business

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Chartered financial analyst Harry Markopolos spent 10 years unsuccessfully trying to convince the Securities & Exchange Commission to investigate Bern...

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SEC Lawyer Clams Up On Madoff Scandal, Cites Executive Privilege

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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Following the scorching Congressional testimony from whistleblower Harry Markopolos, who spent eight fruitless years trying to bring the Madoff scanda...

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

MSNBC | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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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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Harry Markopolos: Madoff Whistleblower Testifies (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Harry Markopolos testified before the House Financial subcommittee that his warnings in 2000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission about Bernie Ma...

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Harry Markopolos, Madoff Whistleblower, Feared for His Safety

nytimes.com | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

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The man who tried unsuccessfully for almost a decade to spur federal securities regulators to investigate Bernard L. Madoff did not initially disclose...

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Harry Markopolos, Madoff Whistleblower, Slams SEC for Ignoring Him

nytimes.com | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

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A former investment manager is prepared to tell a House hearing on Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission ignored his repeated warnings...

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Harry Markopolos, Madoff Whistleblower, Now Faces Limelight

The Boston Globe | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

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A month ago, Harry Markopolos was an accountant unknown outside Boston's financial community. Now the slight, bookish 52-year-old from Whitman is u...

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Meaghan Cheung, SEC's Madoff Watchdog, Cries: Don't Blame Me!

New York Post | LORENA MONGELLI and DAN MANGAN | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

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The Securities and Exchange Commission's New York watchdog, under fire for failing to uncover Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme - desp...

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Michael Lewis, David Einhorn: Close Revolving Door Between SEC And Wall Street

New York Times | Michael Lewis and David Einhorn | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

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There are...a handful of...perfectly obvious changes in the financial system to be made, to prevent some version of what has happened from happening a...

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Ponzi Democracy

Rory O'Connor | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

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Rory O'Connor

Few accounts of the Madoff scandal have delved into the back-story of who "Ponzi" actually was, and how he became the legendary swindler whose name has since been enshrined in the financial Hall of Shame.

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License to Steal: 50 Billion Con Rocks Wall Street

Danny Schechter | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

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Danny Schechter

One financial analyst said that some of his investors assumed he was doing something illegal--perhaps insider trading--which is why they wanted him to manage their money.

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Madoff Bragged About Profits To SEC While Advising On Oversight

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox said Tuesday his agency repeatedly failed for at least a decade to purs...

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Will The Madoff Debacle Finally End The "Who Could Have Known?" Era?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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When historians look for a name that sums up the Bush II years, they could do worse than calling them The "Who Could Have Known?" Era.

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