Ponzi-scheme financier Bernard Madoff appears in court in New York
Bernard Madoff leaves Federal Court after a hearing where U.S. prosecutors persuaded a judge to end his house arrest for supposedly violating his bail conditions on January 14, 2009 in New York City. Madoff, who operated a $50 billion Ponzi-scheme, is accused of violating his bail conditions by attempting to hide his assets by mailing out $1 million worth of jewelry while under house arrest in his luxury apartment. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Victims of jailed U.S. financier Bernard Madoff say they're upset at organizers of "Madoff auctions" who claim to be selling victims' items.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Jailed former financier Bernard Madoff says lack of basic investigatory moves by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission allowed his Ponzi scheme to flourish.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. philanthropist Jeffry Picower, accused of profiting from a huge Ponzi scheme, drowned Sunday after suffering a heart attack, a family attorney said.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Jeffry Picower, accused in a lawsuit of benefiting from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, was found dead Sunday in his Florida swimming pool, officials said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Baseball's New York Mets made about $48 million in their financial dealings with convicted money swindler Bernard Madoff, court documents indicate.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Two New York investors are suing the Securities and Exchange Commission for negligence for not catching Bernard Madoff's $65 billion fraud scheme earlier.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A court-appointed trustee has sued four relatives of Bernard Madoff, seeking $199 million the suit said they received as a result of his Ponzi scheme.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigator H. David Kotz has recommended 58 steps to tighten enforcement in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Bernard Madoff, architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, had the opportunity to ask for forgiveness on Yom Kippur.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Personal information concerning victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was on a laptop computer stolen in Dallas, a firm processing victims' claims said.
