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Bernard Madoff’s Sentencing Ends Period of Secrecy
After hearing that Bernard Madoff received one of the highest-ever prison sentences for a white-collar crime, I cynically joked to friends that the judge must’ve mistaken Madoff for a black man. Madoff’s lawyers were hoping Judge Denny Chin of the... (Continue reading)
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Written on 24 Mar, 2009 at 10:04 in Personal Finance | viewed 1,011 times | 1 Comment
News about the $65 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff has set off the alarms in people’s heads about investment fraud. While Ponzi schemes have been around for nearly a century, people continue to fall prey... (Continue reading)
