Madoff Victims Receive $372 Million in Latest Payment, Bringing Total to $4 Billion
This latest payment brings the total amount paid to Madoff victims to over $4 billion.
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‘Is That a Ponzi in Your Pocket?’ Top 5 ‘Madoff’ Trade Tricks Still in Circulation
Everybody hates Bernie Madoff, and if you watched the ABC mini-series Madoff, starring the amazing Richard Dreyfuss, it was an opportunity to hate the Ponzi-schemer all over again.
In voiceover, Dreyfuss’ “Bernie” explained the whys and hows of sucking people in, gaining their trust, and eventually screwing them over.
Richard Dreyfuss, ‘Madoff’ Creators on America’s Infamous Financial Fraudster
A true American tragedy comes to TV this week (and no, we’re not talking about FX’s American Crime Story which examines the O.J. Simpson trial, or ABC’s American Crime, which is entirely fictional). No, the new mini-series, Madoff, tells the tale of the mastermind behind one of the biggest financial fraud in history.
It all unraveled in 2008 when it was discovered that the then revered financial guru was running a massive Ponzi scheme, one that brought down not only the extremely wealthy but also thousands of regular folk who had given the supposed genius investor their life savings, their kid’s college funds and their retirement accounts.
