I am very angry again today. It makes me SICK SICK SICK every time I think about the men who could have been on Provenge for over two years, yet still can't get it. I have friends who are literally dying for...
opinion by RoryKearney | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 1047 views | 74 recommendations | 1 comment
Originally posted on MonkeyPundit.comBy now, most of us have heard the sad, sob stories of millionaires (and multimillionaires) who have lost there life savings to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme; life savings in the millions, and in some cases tens of millions. But I can't...
opinion by MonkeyPundit | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago 287 views | 6 recommendations | 8 comments
Madoff is risking up to 150 years if the court finds him guilty in the Ponzi scheme that swindled celebrity investors for billions. " Bernard Madoff’s lawyer has told a judge his client will plead guilty later this week to 11 counts including money laundering, perjury...
created by zeet | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 59 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of...
opinion by RoryKearney | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 1052 views | 24 recommendations | 0 comments
Prior to the Madoff tragedy, the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation gave generously and routinely to many diverse charitable organizations in and around Boston and Massachusetts. Some of the largest, between a...
“I’ll make this quick,” the businessman said, with two other witnesses present. “I have a message for you from Russia. The message is, ‘We are about to kill you. We are about to kill you.’ Patrick, they are going to kill you. If you do not stop this crusade, they...
opinion by RoryKearney | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 972 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
A New York judge ruled that Bernard Madoff will remain under house arrest in his Manhattan apartment early Monday afternoon. Madoff, who remains free on a $10 million bond, was arrested last month for allegedly running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. You can check out our Madoff...
" The federal government today collects payroll taxes from approximately 163 million white- and blue-collar workers, which is used to finance the retirement benefits of 50 million Americans. In fiscal 2008, Washington collected $785 billion in taxes and paid out approximately...
Time magazine gives space to a generously confessional Robert Chew who ruminates about his time since 6 PM December 11 2008 when his wife Sarah learned on the phone that they were wiped out by Bernard 'Ponzi2' Madoff. Mr. Chew put it to the Denver Post: "financial murder"."We...
opinion by con10t | 46 wks ago 79 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A major Madoff investor Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet has been found dead, the victim of an apparent suicide. Being dubbed the first "Madoff suicide," Magnon de la Villehuchet was a founding member of...
created by Tina Kells | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 1828 views | 8 recommendations | 3 comments
As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues building its case against ponzi-scheme investor Bernard Madoff, evidence has come to light implicating his wife. Ruth Madoff is implicated in maintaining records of her husband's business' real transactions. " The U.S....
created by Jordan Yerman | 49 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 535 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
After being charged with fraud and duping investors to tune of $50 billion, high profile Wall street investment manager Bernard Madoff has been put under house arrest yesterday. Last week the founder of...
created by Sanjay Jha | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago 263 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
One of the most amazing things about the giant Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff is how many times the SEC was warned about it and yet did nothing. Today the body has released a statement accepting blame for missing the repeated warnings. The losses from the scheme could be...
Just days after Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was revealed, a federal judge approved an order which seeks to protect unsuspecting investors duped by the scheme. "U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton ordered that clients of Bernard Madoff's private investment...