Bernie Madoff


Madoff goes down: a Crikey wrap

Ding dong, Bernie Madoff is dead — or he may as well be, facing 150 years in jail. Here’s what they commentariat had to say.

The apartment the Madoffs won’t see again

It’s bye-bye forever to the $35,000 Lavar Kerman Persian carpet and the $20,000 Chippendale-style tea table in their art-filled four-bedroom duplex on the upper East Side, says NY Daily News.

“Evil” Madoff sentenced to 150 years

Disgraced businessman Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for operating one of the largest frauds in Wall Street history, a crime described by the judge as “extraordinarily evil”.

Madoff to meet his un-maker

The man behind the largest Ponzi scheme ever, Bernard Madoff, faces sentencing today — and he could be jailed for 150 years.

Madoff’s wife cuts deal to keep $US2.5m

Bernie Madoff’s sorry story is almost over — having plead guilty to fraud for operating a Ponzi scheme, he awaits sentencing on Monday. But what next for his wife and their sons?

The man who out-Madoffed Madoff

The biggest winner in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme may not have been Madoff himself, but a secretive businessman named Jeffry Picower who is alleged to have raked $5.1 billion from Madoff accounts.

What did Madoff’s sons know?

Bernie Madoff’s sons claim to have known nothing of his Ponzi scheme, but some are now claiming there’s no way that could be true.

Billions withdrawn from Madoff account before his arrest

$12 billion was apparently pulled out of accounts at Madoff’s firm in 2008; $6b of that was in the three months before he was charged for operating a Ponzi scheme. The figures give hope to defrauded customers.

Bernie Madoff’s loose-lipped secretary tells all

Bernie Madoff was a sexist, egomaniacal, short-tempered control freak—yet everybody loved him. His secretary of more than 20 years, Eleanor Squillari, spills the beans; 9000 words’ worth of them.

Video of the Day: Muppets take Madoff

As Bernie Madoff’s mansion and yacht are seized, the Sesame Street gang remind you how he lost billions.

Financial elites’ lost weekend at Bernie’s

The world’s financial blue bloods were utterly fooled by Bernie Madoff’s alleged $US50 billion scam, writes Glenn Dyer.

Wall Street’s $76 billion Ponzi bombshell

Two massive US fraud cases could signal the end of big money’s resistance to Government regulation, writes Glenn Dyer.