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March 13, 2012
Ruth Madoff's Back In Town -- Should She Still Be Villainized Because Of Her Dirtbag Husband?
Are your torches and pitchforks handy?As you may have heard, Ruth Madoff, the wife Bernie Madoff, one of the most hated men in New York, is back living in the Tri-state area -- and none of her neighbors can muster a kind word about her.Ruth Madoff has moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, reportedly t ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Fund Emperor, Slapped With 11-year Prison Sentence
One of the more sinister figures in the Wall Street scandals, disgraced hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 11 years in prison today. He was also fined $63 million. Prosecutors described his trail of fraud and deception as the largest hedge fund ins ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Bernie Madoff Employee Pleads Guilty In Massive Fraud; Five More Madoff Employees Face Likely Charges
Another one of Bernie Madoff's employees has pleaded guilty, the feds are saying. Eric Lipkin pleaded to six conspiracy and fraud counts, and agreed to cooperate in the ongoing investigation of the Madoff scam. The Lipkin case demonstrates that Madoff wasn't the only person aware of the scam; ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
The Bernie Madoff of Sudan
Sure, the numbers aren't as big, but Adam Ismael, a Sudanese ex-cop, has more than a little bit in common with Madoff, who we shall call the Babe Ruth of Ponzi schemes. You see, Ismael, currently under comfy house arrest even as many of his countrymen suffer torture, ran an investment scheme ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
Bernie Madoff Called a Reporter Collect to Relay a Message to His Son: "I Am a Good Person"
A new feature in New York magazine provides updates on Bernie Madoff less than two weeks after the disgraced and jailed Ponzi-schemer gave his first interview from prison, to the New York Times. After the reporter asked for a favor from one of Bernie's friends and fellow inmates, Robert Rosso ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
If Mets Go Under, Who Pays for Citi Field?
If the last ten days in the life of Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon were a baseball game, they would have been shut out, made 17 errors, and hit into a game-ending unassisted triple play. (That last feeling, admittedly, is one that they're already familiar with.)
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February 10, 2011
Ruth Madoff Shunned at Son's Memorial
When Mark Madoff, son of disgraced Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff, killed himself in December, his mother Ruth traveled to Greenwich, Connecticut for the memorial service, but was not allowed in by Mark's widow Stephanie, according to a report by People appearing in today's New York Post. Instea ... More >>
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December 11, 2010
Mark Madoff, Bernie Madoff's Son, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Bernie, Mark and Andrew (via)Bernie Madoff's son Mark, 46, was found dead in his New York City apartment this morning, the New York Post is reporting. Discovered by his father-in-law, with his 2-year-old son in the apartment, Madoff was found hanging, brutally, "from a dog collar attached to ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 15, 2010
Anti-Flag
Bernie, Mark and Andrew (via)Bernie Madoff's son Mark, 46, was found dead in his New York City apartment this morning, the New York Post is reporting. Discovered by his father-in-law, with his 2-year-old son in the apartment, Madoff was found hanging, brutally, "from a dog collar attached to ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
On Madoff Anniversary, Biggest Secrets of Bernie's Scheme Still Buried
HarkavyTime won't tell: A year later, Bernie Madoff's Rolex (not pictured above) has been auctioned off, and we still don't know what made his scheme tick. One year ago today (December 11, 2008, that is), Bernie Madoff was arrested. But after millions of words have been written about his multibill ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Crime Beat: Bernie Madoff Breaks Hearts -- He's Cited in Split of Uma Thurman and Her Rich Fiance Bilked by Bernie
HarkavyLosing his ass: Uma Thurman reportedly splits from fiance Arki Busson over money issues. Busson was bilked by Bernie Madoff to the tune of a quarter of a billion dollars. Will the flood of Bernie Madoff victims never stop? The latest casualty may very well be the relationship of New Yorker U ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 8, 2009
'Handel’s Messiah'
HarkavyLosing his ass: Uma Thurman reportedly splits from fiance Arki Busson over money issues. Busson was bilked by Bernie Madoff to the tune of a quarter of a billion dollars. Will the flood of Bernie Madoff victims never stop? The latest casualty may very well be the relationship of New Yorker U ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Less-Rich Victims of Bernie Madoff May Also Get Tax Breaks As Chuck Schumer Burnishes Own Image
Madoff left even smaller investors in the lurch.Saying he wants to help some of the not-so-rich victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, Senator Chuck Schumer today unveiled a proposed change in the tax code to give so-called indirect investors some of the tax breaks that wealthier, direct investors ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
Madoff Scandal Widens to Computer Programmers
Two computer programmers who the government has charged with creating and maintaining the software that enabled Bernie Madoff perpetuate his long-running Ponzi scheme were arrested and taken to Manhattan federal court today. The two former employees of Madoff's brokerage firm - Jerome O'Hara of Malv ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
We've Bailed out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind our Financial Collapse?
Two computer programmers who the government has charged with creating and maintaining the software that enabled Bernie Madoff perpetuate his long-running Ponzi scheme were arrested and taken to Manhattan federal court today. The two former employees of Madoff's brokerage firm - Jerome O'Hara of Malv ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Madoff's CFO Pleads Guilty; Faces 125 Years
Bernie Madoff's longtime finance chief pled guilty in federal court this afternoon to helping his boss carry out a $65 million dollar Ponzi scheme. The accountant, Frank DiPascali, had been employed at Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities for more than three decades. He was responsible for manag ... More >>
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July 17, 2009
Bernie Madoff's Accountant Charged, Pleads Not Guilty
Bernie's Madoff's longtime accountant, David Friehling, has been charged with aiding and abetting his boss in his $50 billion Ponzi scheme. He pleads not guilty. Friehling allegedly cooked the books for boss man Madoff, and was charged today with securities fraud, aiding and abetting investment adv ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
It's Bernie Madoff Sentencing Day! (UPDATE: Madoff Gets 150-Year Maximum)
Bernie Madoff rolls into court and gets his medicine today. The spectacle has drawn a nice crowd. Madoff's lawyer has "recommended" a 12-year sentence; prosecutors recommend 150 years; Madoff's victims recommend he be slathered in ground beef and thrown into a bear pit. "This isn't a guy who murde ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Millionaire Investors Sue Madoff Clean-Up Team for More Millions
Let's say you invested money with Bernie Madoff. With that monthly account statement appearing to steadily grow fatter over the years, you had no reason to think that your money was fraudulently invested. But now, along with everyone else, you are aware that the money came out of, and vanished into ... More >>
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May 1, 2009
Gucci Mane Has Ice To Spare
Fuck mortgage-backed securities, default credit swaps, AIG, Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac, Alan Greenspan, George W. Bush, Citigroup, Chrysler, Washington Mutual, Bernie Madoff, Sir Allen Stanford, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, suicide loans, TARP, GM, Wells Fargo, Jerome Kerviel, al-Qaeda, Iran, Osama b ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Ponzi Titan R. Allen Stanford Meets the Art World: Chris Burden's Gold Frozen
New millennial performance artists Bernard Madoff and R. Allen Stanford long since one-upped the once-extreme antics of avant-pioneers like Marina Abramović or Chris Burden. Car-crucifixions and self-inflicted gunshot wounds can't hope but pale next to the sleight of hand that transmutates billio ... More >>
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February 19, 2009
Madoff Lawyer Has Valuable Experience with Madoff-Involved Crooks
The glossies interview movie stars and scene-makers, but the New York Law Journal interviews Bernie Madoff's lawyer. As you might expect, though, counselor Ira Lee Sorkin doesn't say much. But his history with Madoff is interesting: After meeting the swindler in the 1980s, the former SEC prosecutor, ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Alert! Bernie Madoff will be a no-show at Friday's meeting of creditors. Leave your guns at home.
Love the note at the Madoff Trustee Site about Friday's "Meeting of Creditors" in the auditorium of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in lower Manhattan: Due to the fact that this case involves a criminal matter, the Trustee does not expect that any member of pre-liquidation management of BLMIS will be present ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Madoff's Wife Pulled Millions Just Before Bernie's Arrest
Just a day after swindler Bernie Madoff cut a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which he once again agreed not to dispose of any assets, it's being reported that his wife Ruth took $15.5 million out of a Madoff account late last year -- $5.5 million in November, and $10 million o ... More >>
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February 9, 2009
SEC dumps chief 'enforcer' on Madoff scandal; Bernie reaches partial settlement with probers
From HedgeFund.net: The Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement chief is out as the agency faces anger over its handling of the Bernie Madoff alleged Ponzi scam. The SEC said Monday that Linda Thomsen, its director of enforcement, was leaving to return to the private sector. There have be ... More >>
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February 6, 2009
Gary Ackerman's phony bluster: He and Congress pals deserve blame; his own district hard hit by Bernie Madoff
It's time to stop pinning the "news" tag on Gary Ackerman's angry outburst at the SEC yesterday for not stopping Bernie Madoff. Perhaps the most entertaining part of the House hearing, yes. But while the New York Democrat yelled at the SEC, whistleblower Harry Markopolos spoke more softly but cut d ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Fossils still bite: Bernie Madoff and prehistoric snakes
Good for the New York Times! Always trying to take a broad view (even when one doesn't exist, as Jack Shafer often points out), the paper weighs in on how the plight of Bernie Madoff's white-haired victims gives us valuable insights about the global meltdown with this morning's "Fossils of Larges ... More >>
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January 28, 2009
Slipknot
Good for the New York Times! Always trying to take a broad view (even when one doesn't exist, as Jack Shafer often points out), the paper weighs in on how the plight of Bernie Madoff's white-haired victims gives us valuable insights about the global meltdown with this morning's "Fossils of Larges ... More >>
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January 27, 2009
Sitting target: Schumer blasts Madoff with elephant gun
MSNBC captured Schumer's spiel today about the Madoff scandal. Today's Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Bernie Madoff scandal was a perfect chance for pols to grab at the golden ring of video clips, and it looks as if the winner was...New York's own Chuck Schumer! If you missed the dog- ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
On track: Barack Obama's conjunction junction
Can't get enough of Obama's January 17 train ride. Here it is again. Even before today's inauguration, Barack Obama's whistle-stop trip to D.C. brought the best of two worlds to America. Besides being just a really cool thing to do — complete with speeches by the mellifluous new president t ... More >>
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January 12, 2009
Cardinal calls Gaza 'concentration camp' -- lit up by white phosphorus, observers say
Al Jazeera report on white phosphorus in Gaza. As Chico Marx said, "Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" That's easy when it comes to Gaza. The Jewish state's brutal use of white phosphorus — alleged over the weekend by observers on the ground dispatched by NYC-based Human Rights Wa ... More >>
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January 7, 2009
Jews v. Arabs: It's war, even if the 'Times' tries to avoid calling it that
Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
Americans start acting responsibly, sending country deeper into depression
Your own private Idaho. When you can no longer afford even a night out in Boise, Idaho, your country's in deep financial trouble. In a clever immorality tale about 21st century capitalism, the Wall Street Journal tells us this morning that people in the Intermountain West are having to give up m ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
Prosecutors: Madoff Sent Out $1 Million in Jewels After Arrest
The Federal judge considering Bernie Madoff's case told him, understandably, not to send anyone any money. But, prosecutors contended in court yesterday, the Ponzi scheme operator has mailed "at least a million dollars worth of jewelry as gifts to family members and friends" in the interim, and th ... More >>
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January 5, 2009
Mike Bloomberg launches preemptive trip to Israel; invasion of NYC unlikely
Waltz With Bashir, a movie that sprang from a previous Israeli invasion of Lebanon, won Best Picture from the National Society of Film Critics. A free Madoff Watch T-shirt to the reader who suggests the best title for the first movie spurred by Israel's current invasion of Gaza. On an overseas t ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
Ponzi schemer Norman Hsu claims stories about Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff are 'prejudicial'
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 24, 2008
We're saved! Yankees bail out New York City!
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 23, 2008
Season's Greetings from Bernie Madoff
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 22, 2008
Happy holidays: Madoffs shop, Gov. Paterson gallivants
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Fellow Arabs honor journalist's feat
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 17, 2008
Caroline Kennedy in the Senate? Gag me with a silver spoon.
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 17, 2008
Madoff sets Rolex back
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 17, 2008
The man who knew too much ... about Madoff
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 16, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Lost Billions, starring Bernie Madoff as the Grinch
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 16, 2008
Weekend at Bernie Madoff's
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
Bush makes Iraqis want to hurl
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Finally! A Wall Street Big Confesses All!
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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December 19, 2007
White Collar Crime Follies
Hot Air's Ventilators sing "Runaround Hsu." If you hunger for a good snicker and you're somewhat of a news junkie, what's better than a concise roundup of the best Bernie Madoff news stories — the good parts, the adjectives, the apoplexy? Look no further than a December 22 court document in ... More >>
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