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Madoff recorded coaching witness to outsmart SEC

Sep. 9, 2009
In a newly released transcript of a 2005 telephone call, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says "you don't have to be too brilliant" to fool the SEC. A transcript of the call was made public by Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, whose office...
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No appeal of sentence for Madoff

NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- The attorney for Bernard Madoff said Thursday the disgraced U.S. financier will not appeal his 150-year prison sentence on fraud charges.

Madoff's wife gets passport back

NEW YORK, July 8 (UPI) -- The wife of convicted Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff is no longer without a passport, her attorney says.

Madoff's brother awarded $10G a month

NEW YORK, April 4 (UPI) -- Peter Madoff, brother of convicted Wall Street executive Bernard Madoff, can use $10,000 a month in frozen funds for living expenses, a New York judge says.

Testimony: Madoff associates ignored signs

FAIRFIELD, Conn., April 1 (UPI) -- A securities investigator in Connecticut testified that Madoff associates knew he was running an illegal Ponzi operation, but chose to ignore the warning signs.

Lawsuit: Madoff stole $20k trust fund gift

NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) -- Jailed investor Bernie Madoff gave a $20,000 gift to the grandson of a close friend but later took $460,000 from the child's trust fund, court papers show.
Lawsuit targets Madoff's kid brother

Lawsuit targets Madoff's kid brother

NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- A New York man says he is suing Bernard Madoff's brother for money lost in the financier's massive Ponzi scheme.
Madoff victims want reimbursement answers

Madoff victims want reimbursement answers

NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) -- Investors in disgraced U.S. financier Bernard Madoff are waiting for word on whether they'll ever receive any reimbursement for their lost funds, advocates say.
Toy lets consumers 'smash' Madoff

Toy lets consumers 'smash' Madoff

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A toy that lets users trash the likeness of Ponzi scheme investment mastermind Bernard Madoff was unveiled this week at the New York Toy Fair.

Lawyer says Madoff's sons kept in dark

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A lawyer says the two sons of disgraced U.S. financial investor Bernard Madoff had no knowledge of their father's allegedly fraudulent dealings.

Madoff detained in NYC apartment

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The New York financier accused of perpetrating an alleged $50 billion fraud was ordered by a judge Wednesday to be detained in his Manhattan apartment.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch