http://www.bernielmadoff.com Get the Full Scoop on the Biggest Ponzi Scheme Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:08:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After barely 24 hours in prison, the Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff has launched an attempt to return to his Manhattan penthouse through an appeal for bail which discloses the true extent of his lavish lifestyle. Documents filed by defence lawyers estimate that Madoff and his wife, Ruth, have assets worth ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-appeals-for-bail-and-reveals-wifes-huge-fortune/   BOSTON - His repeated warnings that Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme have cast Harry Markopolos as an unheeded prophet. But people who know or worked with Markopolos say it wasn't prescience that helped him foresee the collapse of Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud. Instead, ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-whistleblower-went-unheeded-for-years/   NEW YORK — The day after Bernard Madoff was placed behind bars, investigators returned Friday to the arduous task of piecing together one of the largest frauds in history — and trying to determine if anyone else was involved. The FBI has declined to discuss the status of an investigation expected ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/after-plea-madoff-investigation-grinds-on/   Now that he has pleaded guilty, Bernard Madoff's story might be seen to have reached an end of sorts. But so vast was the scale of his crime that the legacy of his extraordinary fraud will take years, if not decades to reveal itself. First and foremost of course are the many ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-scam-reveals-regulatory-failure/ With disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff now behind bars, attention has turned to whether others were involved in his estimated $50bn (£35bn) fraud. While Madoff insists he acted alone, prosecutor Lev Dassin said he was investigating if others had joined in the crime. Investigators are also continuing work to see how much ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-fraud-investigation-widens/ NEW YORK – Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims. "I realized ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-sent-to-jail-as-furious-victims-applaud/   A top aide to disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff had employees generate trading tickets, thought to be fake, in order to dupe investors into thinking their returns were legitimate, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.  According to Journal reporter Amir Efrati, Annette Bongiorno directed two assistants to research daily stock prices, ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-used-fake-trading-tickets/ At least 25 investors in Bernard Madoff's failed business are asking to speak at a Thursday hearing at which Madoff is expected to plead guilty. Federal prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Denny Chin Monday that they had received 78 e-mails in response to an order from Chin notifying ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/two-dozen-victims-seek-to-be-heard-at-madoff-plea/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ruth Madoff, who is named as a defendant in two civil cases stemming from the purported financial fraud of her husband, Bernard Madoff, is going to hire her own lawyer, one of the Madoffs' attorneys said on Monday. Both Madoffs have been represented by Ira Lee Sorkin ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/ruth-madoff-to-hire-a-new-attorney-ny-lawyer-says/ NEW YORK — A multi-national coalition of law firms is asking G-20 nations to form an international financial court for cases like the global scam allegedly run by Bernard Madoff. Representatives of the 45-member coalition, made up of law firms from 25 nations representing some 10,000 Madoff victims, said Monday the ... http://www.bernielmadoff.com/2009/03/madoff-case-sparks-calls-for-global-court-over-finance-fraud/