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$173 Million in Madoff Checks Reportedly Found

Pressing the case that the disgraced financier Bernard L. Madoff should have his bail revoked, prosecutors said in court documents on Thursday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Mr. Madoff’s desk that were ready to be sent ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  8 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. lists watches and jewelry it says Madoff sent relatives

These are a few of Bernard Madoff's favorite things. Or so U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing supporting their effort to revoke Madoff's $10 million bail and send him to jail. Madoff, who is said to have confessed last month to a huge investment ...

From ALEX BERENSON, International Herald Tribune,  8 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Citing gifts, prosecutors seek to revoke Madoff's bail

NEW YORK: Alleging that Bernard Madoff had sent at least a million dollars in jewelry as gifts to family members and friends in December, prosecutors asked a magistrate to revoke his bail and send him to jail. Madoff, who has been free since posting ...

From ALEX BERENSON, International Herald Tribune,  6 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Bernard Madoff

Suicide by Madoff investor only adds to mysteries

NEW YORK: In the days after Bernard Madoff was arrested and accused of orchestrating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, one of his investors - René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet - struggled with his role in the fraud. De la Villehuchet, a French aristocrat ...

From ALEX BERENSON AND MATTHEW SALTMARSH, International Herald Tribune,  2 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff

Madoff investor's suicide leaves questions

In the days after Bernard Madoff was arrested and accused of orchestrating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, one of his investors — Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet — struggled with his role in the fraud. De la Villehuchet, a French aristocrat and ...

From ALEX BERENSON AND MATTHEW SALTMARSH, International Herald Tribune,  1 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff

Target: Castro

A decade ago, Cuba was paradise for a certain kind of young, hip American. Cuba was Puerto Rico, with fewer bachelorette parties and more propaganda posters. Cuba was exotic without being dangerous, Communist without being gray, illegal without being . ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  27 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  George W. Bush,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Carlos Gutierrez

Firm Built on Madoff Ties Faces Tough Questions

Since Bernard L. Madoff was arrested 11 days ago in connection with a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the Fairfield Greenwich Group has portrayed itself as an unwitting victim of the fraud, the biggest of Mr. Madoff’s many losers. Clients of Fairfield, a ...

From ALEX BERENSON AND ERIC KONIGSBERG, The New York Times,  21 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff

With Madoff, Even Winners May Lose Out

Amid the thousands of people caught up in the apparent multibillion-dollar fraud of Bernard L. Madoff, some investors stand out. One client said he invested more than $1 million with Mr. Madoff over a decade ago. As his portfolio rose in value, he took ...

From ALEX BERENSON, The New York Times,  18 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Jay Gould,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Madoff placed under home detention

Bernard Madoff, the financier accused of one of the biggest frauds in Wall Street history, will remain out on bail but will be placed under home detention and electronic monitoring, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday. Federal District Judge Gabriel ...

From ALEX BERENSON AND DIANA B. HENRIQUES, International Herald Tribune,  17 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  Christopher Cox,  Bernard Madoff,  Michael Mukasey,  Rudy Giuliani

S.E.C. Issues Mea Culpa on Madoff

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday night that it had missed repeated opportunities to discover what may be the largest financial fraud in history, a Ponzi scheme whose losses could run as high as $50 billion. The commission said it ...

From ALEX BERENSON AND DIANA B. HENRIQUES, The New York Times,  16 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Christopher Cox,  Securities and Exchange Commission

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