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Bernard Lawrence Madoff (/ ˈ m eɪ d ɔː f / MAY-dawf; [2] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. [3] [4] He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. [5]
The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Madoff pled guilty in 2009 to 11 felonies, and admitted he used his wealth management business to create a massive Ponzi scheme which enriched himself, his family and others. Madoff was sentenced ...
The complaint alleged Chais "knew or should have known" he was deep in a Ponzi scheme when his family investments with Madoff averaged 40% and sometimes soared as high as 300%. It also claimed Chais was a primary beneficiary of the scheme for at least 30 years, allowing his family to withdraw more than $1 billion from their accounts since 1995 ...
Bernie Madoff, the disgraced investment advisor who was serving out a 150-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme and committing other financial crimes, died early Wednesday at 82, the ...
The crimes of Bernie Madoff have faded from the headlines. But his Ponzi scheme was one of the biggest stories of the last decade.
Frank DiPascali Jr. (October 28, 1956 – May 7, 2015) was an American fraudster and financier who was a key lieutenant of Bernie Madoff for three decades. [1] [2] He referred to himself as the company's "director of options trading" and as "chief financial officer".
Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.