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Madoff victims to get $2.48 billion payout

Sep 20, 2012

Victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud will soon receive $2.48 billion to help cover their losses, more than tripling their total recovery to about $3.63 billion, the trustee liquidating the imprisoned swindler's firm said. #NewsTracker #Bernard Madoff
Does Rajaratnam deserve 11 years for a 'victimless crime?'

Oct 14, 2011

Nick Leeson stayed less then 3 years in prison for bringing down Barings. Mike Milken spent only 22 months in jail. Does Rajaratnam deserve 11 years? #Raj Rajaratnam #TheLongView #Insider trading #Bernard Madoff #rogue trader #White-collar crime
Insider trading: Rajaratnam begins 11-year sentence

Jan 01, 1970

The central figure in a broad government crackdown on insider trading, Rajaratnam was convicted by a jury in May of running a network of friends and associates who leaked corporate secrets to him for years. #United States #Raj Rajaratnam #NewsTracker #Insider trading #Bernard Madoff #Robert Lanza

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Under Arrest, Now Under Glass: Madoff

2013-05-23 18:18:00

Bernie Madoff's master key is on display at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment. Bernie Madoff has joined yet another rogue's gallery, this time an actual museum gallery. In cooperation with the FBI, his victims and members of the Madoff family, th #Bernard Madoff #Federal Bureau of Investigation #Washington, D.C.
CNN/Money
Prison exclusive: Bernie Madoff can't sleep

2013-05-16 17:38:00

Ponzi convict Bernard Madoff says he can't sleep at night, haunted by his son's suicide. "I used to work as a clerk in the commissary, and now they have me taking care of the telephone and the computer systems," said Madoff, speaking by phone from a fede #Bernard Madoff #North Carolina #South Carolina
Boston.com
Union urges hospital to investigate Robert Jaffe

2013-05-21 00:15:00

A healthcare workers' union is urging Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to investigate stockbroker Robert Jaffe (right), a member of the hospital's board of overseers who helped direct investor funds to accused Ponzi artist Bernard L. Madoff. The unio #Bernard Madoff #United Healthcare Workers East #Palm Beach

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