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    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…

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    Moving along with the documentary, they begin to talk about the operation on the 19th floor which as known as the lipstick building. This was very interesting because no one would suspect anything from a lipstick company. That was very genius of Madoff to do. Inside the building there were 20 to 30-year-old working making millions of dollars a year. Madoff “company” was run by Madoff family members like his two sons and brother. Where the actual fraud was taking place was in the 17th floor by…

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    On July 16, 1969, an unforgettable and historical event occurred. This was a time of significance and overwhelming achievement for mankind. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon, along with the help of his colleague Edwin Aldrin. Both of these men are widely recognized for their brave and courageous act. With all the complications and challenges they might’ve gone through, people supported them every step of the way thanks to Times of London for publishing an article…

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    Bernard Berenson was born in Lithuania in 1865, and moved to America when he was 9 years old. Berenson studied art history at Harvard on scholarship, and set off traveling Europe in 1887 with monetary help from patrons, specifically Isabella Stewart Gardner. When money started to run out Berenson still desired to stay in Europe, so he became active in the art market. In 1890 England, Berenson met his future wife, Mary Smith, and with her collaboration, began writing books on Italian art. His…

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    QUESTION 2 Start the question by defining a Ponzi and a Pyramid scheme; A Ponzi Scheme: "A con artist offers obligations that promise very high returns at seemingly very low risk from a business that does in fact exist or a secret idea that does not work out. The con artist helps himself to the investors' money, and pays a promised high returns to earlier investors from the money handed over by these and later investors. The scheme ends when there is no more money from the new investors"(Frankel…

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    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 and confessed to his sons who alerted authorities. He was arrested and sentenced to serve 150 years in prison (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Farrell, 2015). Many of the investors that had trusted Bernard Madoff were now broke and…

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    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…

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    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…

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    The Glen Ridge Rape

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    Our Guys: the Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, an outstanding novel based on the Glen Ridge rape case by Bernard Lefkowitz, explains in the great detail about the rape between the victim and the suspects. Lefkowitzs goes into great detail about the Glen Ridge rape by explaining the social problems of the town, how the community heavily influenced a social role for young men and women. The all-star jocks in Glen Ridge picked Leslie Faber to be their victim of rape…

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    Life is funny sometimes. One minute everything is foolproof, you’re exactly where you desire to be, then the next, you’re thrown into a whirlwind and you can’t seem to get a hold of reality. It’s not rare occurrence for a change in direction, but, we can often blindsided by it. We generally perceive change in a negative way, but oftentimes, a change in interest or direction is what keeps us human. Regularly, a change is actually necessary. Contrasting to popular belief, change is actually one of…

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