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Bernie Madoff

Eldest Madoff son found dead in apparent suicide

By: Colleen Long 12/11/10 11:28 AM
The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog leash in his apartment Saturday after two years of "unrelenting pressure" following his father's arrest in a multibillion-dollar fraud that enveloped the entire family, law enforcement officials and a family attorney said. Read More

Bankruptcy lawyers pocket millions. Madoff victims – not so much

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 10/30/10 7:00 PM
Bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard, who is liquidating the bogus investment firm of convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff, gave $26.9 million to a Manhattan law firm to recover $849,000 for the victims of the largest Ponzi scheme in American history. Read More

SEC head Mary Schapiro took in $9 million while at FINRA

By: J.P. Freire 10/11/10 12:00 AM
Head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro made quite a good living for herself while heading FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority which is supported by dues from the industry, making a total of $9 million in 2008, the very year the financial crisis hit. How can that be? Read More

SEC head Mary Schapiro took in $9 million while at FINRA

By: J.P. Freire 10/10/10 9:00 PM
Head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro made quite a good living for herself while heading FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority which is supported by dues from the industry, making a total of $9 million in 2008, the very year the financial crisis hit. How can that be? Read More

Not so fast, Securities and Exchange Commission, Obama signs transparency bill

By: J.P. Freire 10/04/10 12:00 AM
Just when you thought that the Securities and Exchange Commission was going to get away with being exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests after the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill was passed, President Obama has yanked the leash. From the White House, among the bills Obama signed today is: Read More

Not so fast, Securities and Exchange Commission, Obama signs transparency bill

By: J.P. Freire 10/03/10 9:00 PM
Just when you thought that the Securities and Exchange Commission was going to get away with being exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests after the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill was passed, President Obama has yanked the leash. From the White House, among the bills Obama signed today is: Read More

Fighting over the crumbs

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 07/26/10 12:00 AM
Trusting investors who were swindled by Bernie Madoff’s tempting promises of higher-than-market-rate returns are now reduced to fighting over what’s left of the con man’s $50 billion empire. Read More
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