Bernard Madoff

The Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme was indeed a despicable intractably woven web of deception. He swindled millions of dollars from both the rich and the struggling middle class for more than 50 years. Madoff was money driven to the point that not even his friends and family was speared from his lies. People are driven by money, therefore, there will always be crimes as a result of the pursuit of this most tempting symbol of wealth. However, this is also the reason authority institutions are…

the scandals of Bernard Madoff. Bernie Madoff has committed one of the largest financial fraud, Ponzi scheme, in history and 'made a loss of nearly $65 billion. Bernard Madoff is an American fraudster and a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. Bernie Madoff was a well-known and a well-liked man on Wall Street. Madoff had a perfect reputation, not only in the investment market, but socially. He ran an elaborate Ponzi scheme at his investment company, Bernard Madoff Investment…

Bernard Madoff and the Largest Financial Scam in History Class Assignment 1. Why in your opinion did Bernard Madoff do this? He had been exceedingly successful in the electronic exchange trading that he had started and his firm continued, and he had clearly achieved both wealth and stature. What was it that drove him, again in your view, “off the cliff”? What does this say about the human character? What does this say about the nature and/or culture of the investment community? After reading…

INTRODUCTION Bernard Madoff was a former chairman of NASDAQ stock exchange. He started his investment advisory firm on his own. He has be guilty for the defrauding of the investors of amount $50 billion which he was running the biggest Ponzi scheme for around two decades. In 2008 December when there were economic disturbances and meltdown in the United States Madoff couldn't carry his functions and satisfy his Investors requests of cash. He decided to come clean and accept the fraud he has…

The fraud that Bernard Madoff committed was discovered in December 2009, which was based upon a Ponzi scheme. He did so by taking money from new investors to pay earnings to old customers. The higher the number of his clients who wanted to withdraw of retire their investment, the more revenue he would need. Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi whose crime was discovered in July of 1920 by the Boston Post. Madoff started in the investment business legally by buying and selling stocks that…

I have selected Bernard Madoff, stock broker and financial adviser at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and he was a former chairman of NASDAQ as an unethical leader. He promised investors large returns on their investment. He started a Ponzi Scheme that pays its investors by recruiting new investor so that the principal they pay can be used to pay older investors. He would let the investors know how they are making periodically without any real returns. He told them that it was due to…

For years, Madoff was an admired figure on Wall Street and a seemingly very savvy investor and successful business man, but the ostensibly large returns he was generating and the growing balances shown on clients’ account statements were all illusions. Bernard Madoff was actually running a Ponzi scheme, using money from some of his investors to make payouts to others. During the stock market meltdown of 2008 and client desires to retract their investments, Madoff exposed his now failed scheme…

In December 2008, Bernard "Bernie" L. Madoff owner of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC wasarrested for committing a $50 billion investment fraud, which later was found to be $65 billion (Bernard L. Madoff. February 9, 2009).Bernard Madoff 's business was an investing firm that pulled off a massive fraud. His firm took money from several people, rich or poor, it did not matter. His victims were Jewish philanthropists from the Upper East Side of New York, almost half the members of the…

The Madoff Ponzi scheme took place on September 2008, which was one of the largest Ponzi scheme ever seen in U.S. History. The Madoff Ponzi scheme impacted, investors, families, employees, and as known the Madoff family fell apart. While the Madoff Ponzi scheme was not yet discovered, it all goes back from the beginning when Bernie founded the company with $5000.00 in 1960 from his lifeguard job back in the day. Bernie commented that he did not begin his company with such scheme. In fact, the…

In 1960 Bernard Madoff started in Manhattan at his wife’s dad’s investment place until he started his own firm, which was very small in the beginning. He would make his money off of the variances between the offer price and sales price of stock. As Madoff became more successful he gained more clients and they were starting to work that they would lose their licenses through the SEC. According to the film this investigation was only a “bump in the road” they paid the money back and continues on…