Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
February 3, 2011 NYTIMES JPMorgan Hid Doubts on Madoff, Documents Suggest By DIANA B. HENRIQUES Senior executives at JPMorgan Chase expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of Bernard L. Madoff’s investment business more than 18 months before his Ponzi schemecollapsed but continued to do business with him, according to internal bank documents made public in […]
MoreBy Pete Wells In an inspired piece of forensic accounting, Eater analyzes Bernie Madoff’s American Express statements to discover where the Ponzi schemer ate, what he spent, and how he tipped. His go-to restaurant for the period in 2008 covered by the statements was Lure. (But if he liked it so much, how come he […]
MoreLive Blogging the Madoff Hearing: The Victims Speak Posted by Brian Baxter AM LAW DAILY The first Madoff victim–a Mr. Nuremberg–has approached the court to speak. He begins by challenging Madoff to look him in the eye. Madoff started to turn towards Nuremberg before Judge Chin ordered Nuremberg to return to the podium. Nuremberg did […]
MoreKathleen Pender The San Francisco Chronicle November 26, 2008 The federal government committed an additional $800 billion to two new loan programs on Tuesday, bringing its cumulative commitment to financial rescue initiatives to a staggering $8.5 trillion, according to Bloomberg News. That sum represents almost 60 percent of the nation’s estimated gross domestic product. Given […]
MoreDec. 17 (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff’s ability to avoid scrutiny from U.S. regulators for years shows that the monitoring system is “broken and has to be fixed,” former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt said. Levitt, a senior adviser to Carlyle Group, said today in a Bloomberg Radio interview that the SEC must respond […]
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