Bernie Madoff died in prison after carrying out the largest Ponzi scheme in...
Summary List PlacementOn Wednesday, Bernie Madoff died in federal prison, according to a report from the Associated Press. The 82-year-old, who is believed to have died from natural causes, carried out...
View ArticleBernie Madoff, Wall Street financier and Ponzi scheme organizer, has died at...
Summary List PlacementBernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier-turned-Ponzi scheme kingpin, has died, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.He was 82. Madoff apparently died of natural causes in...
View ArticleBernie Madoff loses bid for compassionate release from prison
Financial fraudster Bernie Madoff lost his bid compassionate release from prison. The 82-year-old has about 18 months to live, but more than 100 years remaining in his sentence. Hundreds of Madoff's...
View ArticleVictims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme say the 81-year-old's early prison...
Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme said the 81-year-old should remain behind bars after he asked a federal judge to grant him "compassionate release" from his 150-year prison sentence. Madoff...
View ArticlePonzi schemer Bernie Madoff seeks compassionate release from prison due to...
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff requested compassionate release from prison due to terminal kidney failure and other "chronic, serious medical conditions," including hypertension and cardiovascular...
View ArticleWho is Harry Markopolos? The famed Madoff whistleblower could make millions...
Age: 62Family: Markopolos is married to Faith Markopolos, who also works in the financial industry. They have three sons. Where is he from: He's from Eerie, Pennsylvania. He's the oldest of three...
View ArticleNotorious Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff asked President Trump to reduce the...
Bernie Madoff, the notorious Ponzi schemer, has asked President Donald Trump to commute his 150-year prison sentence, of which he has served a decade. Madoff, 81, is imprisoned in a federal medical...
View ArticleThis is what Bernie Madoff's life is like in prison
Eugene Soltes is a professor at Harvard Business School as well as the author of "Why They Do It," which focuses on white-collar crime. He spent seven years speaking with some of the biggest...
View ArticleHow a top Wall Street executive landed the role of a lifetime alongside...
When UBS managing director Mark Axelowitz learned he had wrangled a bit part in a movie about Bernie Madoff starring Robert DeNiro as the Ponzi mastermind, he could not control himself.“I screamed like...
View ArticleBernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme ignited a $363 billion exodus by investors
Bernie Madoff's first conviction for financial crimes nearly a decade ago rattled the financial-services industry.Researchers at Cornell University set out to quantify just how much of an impact the...
View ArticleRobert De Niro talks about how he got inside the head of Bernie Madoff for...
The HBO movie “The Wizard of Lies” (airing Saturday) showcases the legendary talents of both its star and director, Robert De Niro and director Barry Levinson, who worked together for the fourth time...
View ArticleBernie Madoff is helping teach MBA students how to combat fraud from jail
As he serves out his 150-year prison sentence for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes of all time, former financier Bernie Madoff has taken on an unusual role.No, he hasn't cornered the prison...
View ArticleRobert De Niro fools the world as Bernie Madoff in the trailer for a new movie
The notorious New York City Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who was behind the biggest fraudulent act in US history, is coming to HBO. Robert De Niro plays Madoff in the HBO movie "The Wizard of Lies,"...
View ArticleREPORT: Bernie Madoff dominates the hot chocolate market in prison
Bernie Madoff is still in business even though he is behind bars.The convicted fraudster behind the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history hogged the market for hot chocolate in prison, according to a...
View ArticleThis is what Bernie Madoff's life is like in prison
Eugene Soltes is a professor at Harvard Business School as well as the author of Why They Do It, which focuses on white-collar crime. He spent seven years speaking with some of the biggest white-collar...
View ArticleBernie Madoff explains in rare interview from prison how he rationalized his...
Eugene Soltes is a professor at Harvard Business School as well as the author of Why They Do It, which focuses on white-collar crime. He spent seven years speaking with some of the biggest white-collar...
View ArticleA judge ruled that the Koch brothers can keep their profit from Bernie...
A judge ruled on Monday that Koch Industries can keep $21.5 million in profits from the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history.Bloomberg's Erik Larson reported that a US bankruptcy court in New York ruled...
View ArticleInvestors burned in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme to get $277 million settlement
(Reuters) - The court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm said on Friday he has reached a settlement with the family of late Beverly Hills money manager Stanley Chais that will provide...
View ArticleHow the Hunt brothers cornered the silver market and then lost it all
Until his dying day in 2014, Nelson Bunker Hunt, who had once been the world’s wealthiest man, denied that he and his brother plotted to corner the global silver market. Sure, back in 1980, Bunker, his...
View ArticleMadoff's victims could soon get another $247 million back
Nearly 7-1/2 years after Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was unmasked, the court-appointed trustee recouping money for the swindler's victims on Thursday sought court approval to free up another $247...
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