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Apr 1, 2009 12:41 PM CDT

Feds Seize Madoff's Boats

Yacht, motorboat part of his $823M fortune

(Newser) - US Marshals seized two boats belonging to jailed schemer Bernie Madoff today, the AP reports. The vessels—a 55-foot yacht and a 24-foot motorboat that were docked at separate Florida marinas—were part of the $823 million in assets Madoff and his wife had accumulated by the end of last...

Madoff Feeder Fund Charged With Fraud

Apr 1, 2009 9:55 AM CDT

Madoff Feeder Fund Charged With Fraud

Mass. complaint vs. Fairfield Greenwich is regulatory, not criminal

(Newser) - Massachusetts regulators charged Fairfield Greenwich Group with fraud today, the Wall Street Journal reports, saying it failed in its fiduciary duties by funneling money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Fairfield was one of Madoff’s top feeder funds, and there was a “profound disparity between the due diligence...

Judge Kills Allowance for Madoff Bro

Apr 1, 2009 4:37 AM CDT

Judge Kills Allowance for Madoff Bro

Rulings in response to lawsuits also extend freeze to feeder funds

(Newser) - A appeals judge yesterday nixed a deal that gave Bernard Madoff brother Peter a $10,000 monthly allowance out of his frozen assets, reports the New York Daily News. The ruling, which came in response to a suit from a law student who lost his $500,000 inheritance, prevents him...

Madoff
'Cheated on
Wife, Too'

Mar 29, 2009 11:08 AM CDT

Madoff 'Cheated on Wife, Too'

Ponzi schemer linked to exec assistant at media firm: insider

(Newser) - His investors may not have been the only ones Bernie Madoff cheated: sources tell the New York Daily News that the Ponzi schemer had at least one extramarital affair . He was involved with an executive assistant at a big media firm "eight or nine years ago," one insider...

Madoff 'Used London Office as Piggy Bank'

Mar 28, 2009 4:35 AM CDT

Madoff 'Used London Office as Piggy Bank'

Brits considering charges against Madoff's UK employees

(Newser) - British investigators believe Bernard Madoff's London operation played a central role in his Ponzi scheme, the Times of London reports. Authorities suspect the business was either "a cog in the giant washing machine" laundering Madoff's billions, his personal piggy bank, or both. Ruth Madoff received $2 million from Madoff's...

Scammed Law Student Wins Freeze of Madoff Bro Funds

Mar 26, 2009 3:48 AM CDT

Scammed Law Student Wins Freeze of Madoff Bro Funds

Peter Madoff had 'full knowledge' of scam, lawsuit charges

(Newser) - A Brooklyn law student who lost a $500,000 inheritance in the Bernard Madoff scam has won a court order freezing the assets of the swindler's brother, reports Reuters. Peter Madoff was in charge the student's trust, which he invested in Madoff's s scheme. Peter Madoff was an executive officer...

France Will
Battle US
for Madoff
Chateau

Mar 24, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

France Will Battle US for Madoff Chateau

Rival prosecutors preparing to grab Riviera pad

(Newser) - A legal tug-of-war is getting underway over the Madoffs' Riviera chateau, reports the New York Post. Bernard and Ruth Madoff's $1 million French pad is among the assets US federal prosecutors want the couple to forfeit to help reimburse scammed investors, but French authorities—who have opened a criminal inquiry...

Madoff Assets Top $1B

Mar 23, 2009 9:10 PM CDT

Madoff Assets Top $1B

Trustee seeks Bernie's UK stocks, but $1M French home likely out of reach

(Newser) - The trustee digging up Bernard Madoff's assets has uncovered another $75 million in a Gibraltar bank account, pushing the total above $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a civil hearing today, Assistant US Attorney Barbara Ward discussed the pursuit of other Madoff assets, saying France will likely seize...

Investors Hire Gumshoes to Snoop on Fund Managers

Mar 23, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

Investors Hire Gumshoes to Snoop on Fund Managers

Fraud schemes prove boon to private eyes

(Newser) - Investors are increasingly hiring private investigators to dig up dirt on fund managers in hopes of avoiding the next Madoff-style fraud, Bloomberg reports. Background checks are expensive—depending on the firm, they may cost $1,000 per company or individual investigated—and can take weeks, but investors say they are...

Congo Con Joins Madoff Victims' Chorus ... Sorta

Mar 23, 2009 3:13 PM CDT

Congo Con Joins Madoff Victims' Chorus ... Sorta

Standard 'foreign investment' scam email made it past US Attorney's office

(Newser) - The federal prosecutors collecting testimonials from victims of Bernard Madoff for the judge slated to sentence him don’t appear to have been too discerning, Josh Marshall reports for Talking Points Memo, after a standard-issue “African businessman” spam email made it into the pile. And though the promised $3....

Judge Denies
Madoff's Bail Appeal

Mar 20, 2009 11:17 AM CDT

Judge Denies Madoff's Bail Appeal

Fraudster will wait in jail until June sentencing

(Newser) - A federal appeals court today denied Bernard Madoff’s request to be released on bail until his June sentencing date, the New York Daily News reports. “The defendant’s age and exposure to imprisonment are undisputed, and the court did not err in inferring an incentive to flee from...

Madoff Lawyer, DA
Lock Horns on Bail

Mar 19, 2009 11:48 AM CDT

Madoff Lawyer, DA Lock Horns on Bail

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s lawyer argued today that the financier, who has pleaded guilty to a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, should be free on bail until June sentencing, the New York Times reports. Ira Sorkin cited past precedent in similar cases, but the prosecution said Madoff has incentive to flee—and...

Madoff Victims Get Free Meal

Mar 19, 2009 9:36 AM CDT

Madoff Victims Get Free Meal

New York restaurant offers three-course meal to Ponzi scheme victims

(Newser) - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch—but if you were a victim of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, a restaurant in New York will give you a free dinner. This week Nino's 208, an Italian restaurant located near Madoff's offices, is offering the city's swindled any three courses...

Do Us a Favor: Don't Apologize

OPINION

Mar 18, 2009 10:03 AM CDT

Do Us a Favor: Don't Apologize

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff said he was sorry last week. But it’s hard to believe him, writes Joe Queenan in the Los Angeles Times, given that he’s refused to help the government find his pilfered billions, or even identify his co-conspirators. It reminded Queenan of the time his “alcoholic,...

Feds Go After Madoff's
Sons, Wife's Jewelry

Mar 17, 2009 8:16 PM CDT

Feds Go After Madoff's Sons, Wife's Jewelry

US seeks payback of loans, along with gems, cufflinks

(Newser) - The Madoff accounting continues. Authorities said today they intend to collect millions of dollars from Bernie's sons, about $2.6 million worth of his wife's jewelry, and 35 watches and cufflinks that belonged to the Ponzi schemer himself, the Daily News reports. Madoff lent son Mark $9.5 million, much...

Madoff, Stanford Victims Can Get Break From IRS

Mar 17, 2009 12:35 PM CDT

Madoff, Stanford Victims Can Get Break From IRS

Taxpayers may deduct up to 95% of Ponzi losses: commissioner

(Newser) - Victims of Ponzi schemes—including those perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and R. Allen Stanford—can claim big deductions on their taxes, the IRA commissioner told lawmakers today. The matter, unclear in the tax code, had been a concern for victims, the New York Times reports. The IRS “is issuing...

Feds Now Scrambling to Freeze Ruth Madoff's Millions

Mar 16, 2009 4:55 AM CDT

Feds Now Scrambling to Freeze Ruth Madoff's Millions

(Newser) - Federal investigators are scrambling "around the clock" to freeze Ruth Madoff's $93 million in assets before it disappears, sources told the New York Post. "The US attorneys will tell a judge in the next week or so that they believe Mrs. Madoff's assets are derived from ill-gotten gains...

Where Bernie's Headed:
Dante's Ninth Circle

analysis

Mar 15, 2009 3:17 PM CDT

Where Bernie's Headed: Dante's Ninth Circle

Hell's worst area is frozen land ruled by Satan

(Newser) - If 150 years in prison seems like meager penance for Bernie Madoff, consider where he would go in Dante's Inferno: the Ninth Circle of Hell. There, the world's worst sinners—betrayers—freeze in an iceworld kept cool by Satan himself. "Betrayal destroys the trust that binds humanity, and...

Madoff Lists $826M in Assets

Mar 14, 2009 6:52 AM CDT

Madoff Lists $826M in Assets

List reveals couple's homes, cash, luxury goods mostly in Ruth's name

(Newser) - A list of the Madoffs' assets released yesterday falls a long way short of the tens of billions investors and prosecutors are looking for, the Wall Street Journal reports. A $700 million valuation for Bernard Madoff's investment business made up the bulk of the roughly $826 million in assets listed,...

Investors Need to Shoulder Blame in Madoff Folly, Too

OPINION

Mar 13, 2009 5:30 PM CDT

Investors Need to Shoulder Blame in Madoff Folly, Too

(Newser) - As dastardly as Bernard Madoff’s scam was, it’s hard not to pin some blame on the victims themselves, Joe Nocera writes in the New York Times. They shouldn’t have put all their eggs in one basket, no matter how promising it seemed: “Diversification has many virtues;...