Stories tagged with Bernard L. Madoff
Feds to go after Ruth Madoff’s money too
By Carol Eisenberg | March 16, 2009 at 12:41pm | 1
Authorities plan to go after more than $100 million in real estate, cash, art, autos, boats and other property owned by Ruth Madoff and her husband Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty last week to running the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Madoff ordered to jail after pleading guilty
By Carol Eisenberg | March 12, 2009 at 11:47am | 0
Disgraced Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff was sent to jail Thursday after pleading guilty to all 11 charges against him, and expressing shame and sorrow for bilking investors of nearly $65 billion.
Charges against Madoff leave many unanswered questions
By Carol Eisenberg | March 11, 2009 at 12:46pm | 0
Barring a change of heart, Bernard L. Madoff will plead guilty tomorrow to running a massive Ponzi scheme for at least a quarter century that defrauded thousands of people in virtually every corner of the globe.
Madoff aide said to have ordered up fake trading tickets
By Carol Eisenberg | March 9, 2009 at 12:21pm | 0
Annette Bongiorno, a longtime aide to accused swindler Bernard Madoff, allegedly instructed assistants to create bogus trading tickets which were used to mislead investors, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Madoff to face his victims in court Thursday
By Carol Eisenberg | March 8, 2009 at 9:24am | 1
This is the week that Bernard Madoff, the former NASDAQ chairman accused of perpetrating the biggest fraud in U.S. history, will confront his victims for the first time – and perhaps even acknowledge his own culpability.
Ruth Madoff seeks to keep NY penthouse, $62M in assets
By Carol Eisenberg | March 3, 2009 at 7:16am | 10
The wife of accused swindler Bernard Madoff argues that their $7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $62 million in assets belong to her.
And now there’s Marc Rich the sequel
By Carol Eisenberg | January 16, 2009 at 10:03am | 3
He may not have stepped foot on U.S. soil for more than two decades, but billionaire Marc Rich manages to stay relevant.
Cohmad Securities, Robert Jaffe face tough questions about Madoff ties
By Carol Eisenberg | January 15, 2009 at 9:16am | 0
Investigators probing Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50-billion scheme are looking at the role played by an investment firm that he co-founded with an old friend from Long Island that recruited hundreds of investors from New York, Boston and Florida.
Prosecutor: Madoff sent emeralds and diamonds to relatives, friends
By Carol Eisenberg | January 7, 2009 at 11:47am | 0
Bernard L. Madoff mailed Cartier and Tiffany watches, an emerald ring and a diamond necklace worth a total of at least $1 million to relatives and friends in violation of a court order, and should be immediately jailed because he is a flight risk, prosecutors said in court papers released Wednesday.
Feds rescue GMAC despite Ezra Merkin’s leadership
By Carol Eisenberg | December 31, 2008 at 10:19am | 0
After spending half a lifetime being eclipsed by his famous father, J. Ezra Merkin is getting his 15 minutes of fame.
Madoff used social, family networks to rake in billions
By Carol Eisenberg | December 28, 2008 at 1:42pm | 0
Could one man operate an alleged $50-billion Ponzi scheme without help from anyone else?
Madoff adjusts to life in a gilded jail - his neighbors not so much
By Carol Eisenberg | December 19, 2008 at 10:15am | 0
Disgraced trader Bernard Madoff may be relieved not to have to trade in the comforts of his $7 million East Side penthouse for a jail cell, but his neighbors are none too happy.
Top Madoff players hire lawyers with ties to SEC, Justice department
By Carol Eisenberg | December 18, 2008 at 1:46pm | 0
Members of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Inc. have hired some of the best-connected lawyers in the business.
Trading legend Bernard Madoff charged with ‘massive’ securities fraud
By Carol Eisenberg | December 11, 2008 at 6:33pm | 5
Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and a former NASDAQ governor, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with multi-billion-dollar criminal securities fraud.
