Bernie Madoff

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Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

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Bernard L. Madoff 9
Bernie Madoff canonical 5
Bernard Madoff 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financier
fraudster
human
arrestedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Andrew Madoff
Mark Madoff
convictedOf false statements
investment adviser fraud
mail fraud
making false filings with the SEC
money laundering
perjury
securities fraud
theft from an employee benefit plan
wire fraud
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
criminalCharge false statements
investment adviser fraud
mail fraud
making false filings with the SEC
money laundering
perjury
securities fraud
theft from an employee benefit plan
wire fraud
dateOfArrest 2008-12-11
dateOfBirth 1938-04-29
dateOfConviction 2009-03-12
dateOfDeath 2021-04-14
dateOfSentencing 2009-06-29
educatedAt Far Rockaway High School
Hofstra University
estimatedFraudAmount approximately 65 billion US dollars (claimed account value)
estimatedPrincipalLoss approximately 17 to 20 billion US dollars
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
fullName Bernard Lawrence Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
gender male
givenName Bernard
industry financial services
languageSpoken English
mediaDepiction subject of numerous books and documentaries about financial fraud
notableFor defrauding thousands of investors
operating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history
orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme
numberOfVictims thousands of investors
occupation businessperson
financier
investment advisor
stockbroker
operatedPonziSchemeThrough Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
placeOfBirth Queens, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina, United States
pledGuiltyTo 11 federal felonies related to his Ponzi scheme
positionHeld chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
non-executive chairman of NASDAQ
religion Judaism
residence New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
schemeDiscovery 2008 financial crisis exposed the Ponzi scheme
sentence 150 years in federal prison
spouse Ruth Madoff
startOfPonziScheme early 1990s (at least)
victimized charities
hedge funds
individual investors
institutional investors
pension funds

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Richard Dreyfuss portrayedCharacter Bernie Madoff
subject linked to: Dreyfuss
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme perpetratedBy Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme exposedBy Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Irving Picard associatedPerson Bernard L. Madoff
subject linked to: Madoff trustee Irving Picard
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Jeffry Picower associatedWith Bernard Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Jeffry Picower financialRelationshipWith Bernard Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
The Wizard of Lies character Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff fullName Bernard Lawrence Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff familyName Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Madoff (miniseries) mainSubject Bernie Madoff
Madoff (miniseries) portrays Bernie Madoff
Madoff (miniseries) characterRole Bernie Madoff
Fairfield Greenwich Group associatedWith Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Fairfield Sentry wasOneOfLargestFeederFundsTo Bernard Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Fairfield Sentry underlyingManager Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Ascot Partners investedWith Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Kingate Global Fund associatedWith Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
United States v. Bernard L. Madoff defendant Bernard L. Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Lipstick Building formerTenant Bernard Madoff
linked to: Bernie Madoff