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(Newser) - The next big question for Bernie Madoff: Just how bad will prison be? It’s unlikely the disgraced financier will get cushy Club Fed accommodations, CNNMoney reports. Ed Bales, a consultant who prepares inmates for jail, says such facilities were shut down years ago. But Madoff can take heart, he... More »

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(Newser) - Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty this morning to all 11 felony charges against him, saying he was "sorry and ashamed" for his criminal acts. The judge accepted the plea and revoked Madoff's bail, bringing cheers from spectators in the courtroom. Madoff was escorted out in handcuffs and will remain in... More »

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fraud • New York City • perjury • guilty plea • plea • Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • courthouse • Bernard Madoff • Bill Maher Grid

Court May Tell Madoff to Go Directly to Jail

Ponzi master to plead guilty today, bail could be revoked

Mar 12, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff will head to court today to plead guilty to all 11 charges against him, and there’s every chance he won’t be going home afterward, the New York Times reports. The big question hanging over today’s hearing is whether the court will revoke Madoff’s... More »

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(Newser) - A rogue Merrill Lynch trader appears to have posted some $400 million in undisclosed losses in recent months, the Financial Times reports, covering his tracks with the “irregularity” the firm’s London branch is currently investigating. Alexis Stenfors, now suspended, reported $120 million in gains in 2008’s fourth... More »

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fraud • London • executive compensation • Bank of America • mergers and acquisitions • Merrill Lynch • trading • John Thain • Alexis Stenfors

updated

 Madoff May Plead Guilty 

Lawyers indicate that a plea deal is pending

Mar 6, 09 11:03 AM CST
(AP) - Prosecutors filed court papers today indicating Bernard Madoff may be ready to plead guilty to charges arising from one of the biggest financial frauds in history. Madoff, 70, is scheduled for court twice next week, including a Tuesday appearance to waive any potential conflicts of interest involving his lawyer and... More »

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fraud • United States • scam • guilty plea • plea bargain • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff

Doubt Cast on $50B Figure in Madoff Case

Insiders think real losses closer to $20B; no one really knows

Mar 6, 09 9:35 AM CST
(AP) - Bernard Madoff and $50 billion. His name and that number have become inseparable in describing the enormity of what has been called the largest white-collar fraud in history. Investigators claim Madoff himself told them that he stole $50 billion, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the number may be... More »

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fraud • investors • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - Facebook has a thing against funny names, particularly if they’re actually yours, the Washington Post reports. Caitlin Shaw, who wanted to add her maiden name, Batman, to her profile, endured weeks of back-and-forth emails, while Starkiller Unleashed sails through. Facebook says it scrutinizes the real applicants because they are... More »

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social networking • Internet • fraud • Facebook • name • surnames • rejected

'Rockefeller' Fights False Name Charges

Con man just gave
cops name he'd used for 15 years: defense

Mar 2, 09 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The con man who went by “Clark Rockefeller” attempted today to dismiss charges he gave police a fake name when arrested last year, the Boston Globe reports. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter told police arresting him for absconding with his 7-year-old daughter that he was Clark Rockefeller—as he had told... More »

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fraud • Massachusetts • name • false statement • name change • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • con man

Mandela's Ex Poised for Return to Power

Critics none too pleased by new role for ex-convict Winnie

Mar 1, 09 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Placed high on her party’s list of future MPs, Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is set to return to a central role in South Africa’s government, the Guardian reports. Such a position is already sparking controversy surrounding Madikizela-Mandela's past—including a 2003 fraud conviction when she was... More »

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fraud • kidnapping • South Africa • conviction • Nelson Mandela • African National Congress • South African elections • minister • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

SEC Overlooked Stanford Fraud in 2003

Former employee warned agency, others
of 'Ponzi scheme'

Feb 27, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A former employee of Sir Allen Stanford warned the SEC in 2003 of an “illegal Ponzi scheme” involving his firms, but regulators brushed off the allegations, the Financial Times reports. The whistleblower also told another regulatory body that one of Stanford’s companies was “engaged in a Ponzi... More »

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fraud • SEC • Ponzi scheme • whistleblower • Bernard Madoff • NASD • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

Feds: Florida Prof Scammed
NASA for $3.4M

Research cash blown
on cars, condos,
charge court filings

Feb 27, 09 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents have seized the property of a University of Florida professor accused of shuttling millions in NASA grants into his family's bank accounts, the Houston Chronicle reports. Nuclear scientist Samim Anghaie, who has worked on developing fuels for future Mars missions, submitted "multiple fraudulent certified contract proposals to... More »

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FBI Arrests
High-Ranking Stanford Exec

Investment officer
faces SEC
obstruction charges

Feb 26, 09 8:09 PM CST
(AP) - FBI agents have arrested the chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group, accusing Laura Pendergest-Holt of obstructing an SEC fraud investigation. The SEC has been investigating allegations of an $8 billion investment fraud involving Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford's financial group. Pendergest-Holt, arrested in Houston, will appear in court tomorrow.... More »

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fraud • Texas • billionaire • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Robert Allen Stanford • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - Author and Nazi hunter Elie Wiesel, who lost $15.2 million in foundation money and a good chunk of his own fortune to Bernie Madoff, railed today against the “psychopath” financier, the New York Post reports. “He should be put in a solitary cell with a screen,... More »

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fraud • charity • Ponzi scheme • endowment • Bernard Madoff • Elie Wiesel • Bill Maher Grid

Feds: Swindlers Blew $500M on Horses, Houses, Teddies

Another day, another fraud casee

Feb 26, 09 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - A pair of money managers who once co-owned the New York Islanders hockey team have been charged by federal prosecutors with treating $550 million in client investments like their own "personal piggy bank," reports Reuters. Paul Greenwood, 61, and Stephen Walsh, 64, managing general partners of WG Trading... More »

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fraud • money management • Ponzi scheme • New York Islanders • securities fraud • defrauding investors

Stanford Bank
in Antigua Missing $8B

'It appears to be
a Ponzi scheme,' investigator says

Feb 22, 09 5:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Investigators rummaging around Allen Stanford's Antiguan bank have confirmed media reports that $8 billion is missing, the Times of London reports. “The $8 billion you hear about in the media isn’t there,” one official told customers outside the Stanford International Bank. "It appears to be a... More »

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fraud • bank • Antigua • Ponzi scheme • bank fraud • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

Stanford Loses Cozy
Caribbean Domain

Mexican drug lord laundered money there

Feb 21, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - R. Allen Stanford is an institution in Antigua—so much so that some residents call the Caribbean island “Stanford Land”—and now the country is reeling from the SEC fraud case against him. The country has seized Stanford’s bank, but it’s still facing questions about its... More »

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fraud • money laundering • Antigua • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford • Bank of Antigua

(Newser) - Two New York Yankees—Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady— have had their finances frozen by the SEC in connection with the Stanford fraud scandal, Fox Sports reports. Both players kept their money in Stanford banks, and the SEC says they should have access to it in a few days. But... More »

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fraud • New York Yankees • SEC • Johnny Damon • Scott Boras • Xavier Nady • credit card accounts • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford • frozen account

(Newser) - The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s companies said today the disgraced financier appears not to have purchased any securities for his clients for “perhaps as much as 13 years,” Bloomberg reports. It was “cash in and cash out,” Irving Picard said. "It was all just... More »

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fraud • SEC • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Irving Picard • clawback • Securities Investor Protection Corporation

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s alleged mega-fraud and the large number of Jewish investors he apparently snookered is stoking anti-Semitic feeling in tony Palm Beach, ABC News reports. “It is a terrible thing to say, but some of the WASPs are delighted, they take great pleasure in this,” said an... More »

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philanthropy • fraud • Judaism • investment • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • anti-Semitism • scandal • Bernard Madoff • charitable giving

Stanford Had
a Castle, Fleet
of Planes

Paternity-suit docs reveal lifestyle of the rich and fraudulent

Feb 20, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Say this for Sir Allen Stanford: He knew how to live large. The alleged fraudster once lived in his own Florida castle, complete with moat, and owned, among other baubles, $100 million worth of airplanes, Bloomberg reports. Those assets and others are detailed in court documents from a paternity case... More »

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fraud • luxury travel • private jet • luxury homes • Robert Allen Stanford • Louise Sage Stanford

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