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Stories in the category Madoff

Stanford’s ties to Madoff helped sink him

By Carol Eisenberg

February 22, 2009 at 11:03am

It was Bernard Madoff’s financial meltdown that helped implicate R. Allen Stanford, the flamboyant Texas billionaire accused of defrauding investors of $8 billion.

Retired British officer commits suicide over Madoff losses

By Carol Eisenberg

February 12, 2009 at 4:56pm

Another swindled victim of Bernard L. Madoff has taken his life.

‘Bag Lady’ Penney spins Madoff losses into gold

By Carol Eisenberg

February 12, 2009 at 12:40pm

The Bag Lady may get to keep her expensive jewelry and her West Palm Beach cottage after all.

Ruth Madoff withdrew $15M before husband’s arrest

By Carol Eisenberg

February 11, 2009 at 1:32pm

The wife of accused Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff pulled millions out of a brokerage account only days before her husband was charged with securities fraud - including $10 million on the eve of his arrest, Massachusetts’ top securities regulator said Wednesday.

Madoff agrees to partial settlement of civil case

By Laurie Bennett

February 9, 2009 at 5:03pm

Bernard Madoff and the Securities and Exchange Commission have agreed to a partial settlement of civil suit accusing Madoff of defrauding investors.

The geography of the Madoff scam

By Laurie Bennett

February 6, 2009 at 11:25am

We’ve departed today from our tradition of drawing a Muckety map to accompany each story, choosing to instead show a Google map illustrating the geographic reach of the Bernard Madoff debacle.

Madoff is made for Hollywood

By Laurie Bennett

February 5, 2009 at 11:55am

With the emergence of a hero yesterday on Capitol Hill, casting of Bernie Madoff the Movie would seem to be complete.

Muck tracker - Madoff investigators find documents in Queens warehouse

By Muckety

January 29, 2009 at 11:43am

Investigators probing alleged swindler Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme say they’ve discovered boxes loaded with documents from his firm stashed in a warehouse in Queens, the Associated Press reports.

Economy, Madoff scam hit Harlem Children’s Zone

By A. James Memmott

January 27, 2009 at 11:56am

A bad year for Wall Street and a bad year for Bernard L. Madoff is turning out to be a bad year for the Harlem Children’s Zone, a successful New York City education reform project.

Cohmad Securities, Robert Jaffe face tough questions about Madoff ties

By Carol Eisenberg

January 15, 2009 at 9:16am

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.

Are Madoff’s attorneys cutting a deal?

By Carol Eisenberg

January 13, 2009 at 12:18pm

Bernard Madoff may be negotiating a plea deal.

Prosecutors say they found signed Madoff checks in office desk

By Carol Eisenberg

January 8, 2009 at 2:57pm

Pursuing efforts to jail Bernard Madoff, federal prosecutors disclosed Thursday that investigators had found about 100 signed checks to friends and relatives, totaling more than $173 million, on the day of his arrest.

Prosecutor: Madoff sent emeralds and diamonds to relatives, friends

By Carol Eisenberg

January 7, 2009 at 11:47am

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.

After years of complaints about Madoff, Harry Markopolos is vindicated

By Laurie Bennett

January 5, 2009 at 12:34pm

Harry Markopolos is being called the Deep Throat of the Bernard Madoff scam. He describes himself as “the boy who cried wolf.”

Even Dr. Doom invested with Madoff

By A. James Memmott

January 1, 2009 at 10:37am

Henry Kaufman, the Wall Street economist and investor legendary for his accurate predictions, wasn’t clairvoyant when it came to Bernard L. Madoff.

Feds rescue GMAC despite Ezra Merkin’s leadership

By Carol Eisenberg

December 31, 2008 at 10:19am

After spending half a lifetime being eclipsed by his famous father, J. Ezra Merkin is getting his 15 minutes of fame.

We can connect that headline to Madoff in three links

By Laurie Bennett

December 31, 2008 at 8:06am

The Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme ranks as one of the most surprising and fascinating webs we’ve ever tracked.

Madoff used social, family networks to rake in billions

By Carol Eisenberg

December 28, 2008 at 1:42pm

Could one man operate an alleged $50-billion Ponzi scheme without help from anyone else?

French investor who lost $1.4B with Madoff kills himself

By Carol Eisenberg

December 24, 2008 at 2:25pm

The hedge fund executive who committed suicide in his 22nd-floor office on Madison Avenue was a blue-blood French aristocrat and champion yachtsman entrusted with the money of some of Europe’s wealthiest families.

One Ponzi schemer eclipses another

By A. James Memmott

December 24, 2008 at 9:11am

What’s a Ponzi scheme got to do to get lasting respect? In October, Thomas J. Petters, a Minnesota businessman, was the talk of the business world for allegedly defrauding investors of $3 billion or more.



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