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  1. Bernie Madoff Case — FBI

    Bernie Madoff, a financial investor whose skill and track record was so legendary that people begged to open accounts with his firm, crashed hard in December 2008 when the truth finally came out ...

  2. Bernie Madoff: Who He Was and How His Ponzi Scheme Worked

    Jan 2, 2026 · Discover how Bernie Madoff orchestrated history's largest Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors of $65 billion, and the implications it had on financial markets.

  3. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

    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 …

  4. United States v. Bernard L. Madoff | Case Brief for Law ...

    Brief Fact Summary. Relating to his orchestration of a Ponzi scheme allegedly resulting in the loss of $65 billion dollars of client funds, Madoff (D) plead guilty to 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, …

  5. Bernie Madoff | Biography, Ponzi Scheme, & Facts | Britannica

    Feb 5, 2026 · Bernie Madoff was an American hedge-fund investment manager and former chairman of the NASDAQ stock market. He was best known for operating history’s largest Ponzi scheme. In 2009 …

  6. Bernie Madoff’s Massive Ponzi Scheme, Explained - A&E

    Sep 29, 2025 · Bernie Madoff’s Early Career Born in 1938 in Queens, N.Y., Madoff came from a working-class family. As a teen and during college, he worked a series of jobs to help fund a …

  7. 6 Mr. Madoff relies heavily on the Ebbers case, as Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom, Inc., was granted compassionate release after serving 13 years of a 25-year sentence. See Ebbers, 2020 …

  8. Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme | Law | Research Starters - EBSCO

    <p>The Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme is recognized as the largest financial fraud in history, amounting to approximately $64 billion in capital over two decades, with direct losses exceeding $18 billion for its …