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- There's a Sucker Born Every Second
- Long-time readers are probably wondering why I haven't commented on the Madoff ponzi scheme. I mean, you'd think that an alleged $50 billion fraud would get on my radar screen, if only as an example of over-enthusiastic selling. Anyway, here's my two cents. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-23
- Madoff To Plead Guilty
- Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty to orchestrating one of the biggest frauds in U.S. history. Madoff insists he acted alone but prosecutors believe he had help. Armen Keteyian reports.
- Videos 2009-03-11
- Madoff Faces 150 Year Sentence
- Alleged $50 billion con man investor Bernie Madoff is expected to plead guilty to 11 felony charges at a Manhattan federal court and could receive a 150 year jail sentence. Randall Pinkston reports.
- Videos 2009-03-10
- Madoff's Right Hand Man
- The Bernard Madoff scandal did not end after Madoff pled guilty to swindling investors out of billions of dollars. Now, his chief financial officer is negotiating with prosecutors. Armen Keteyian reports.
- Videos 2009-04-24
- Holocaust Survivor On Madoff
- CBS News Exclusive: An acclaimed author and Noble Peace Prize winner, Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel tells Jeff Greenfield about how he has lost almost everything to the Bernie Madoff scandal.
- Videos 2009-05-16
- SEC Promises to Prevent Future Ponzi Schemes
- As Congress investigates the breakdowns at the SEC, the Commission says it will restructure so that Madoff-type Ponzi schemes won't go undetected again.
- Videos 2009-09-10
- Madoff Gets 150 Years; Wife Gets $2.5 Million; Conspirators?
- Now that Madoff faces 150 years, it's time to turn attention to the people who fed the scam. Were they criminals--or criminally stupid? Should they be held liable either way? by Kathy Kristof
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Madoff Gets What He Deserves, but His Victims Are Not All Blameless
- Bernard Madoff will remain a guest of the federal government, possibly for the rest of his life. He deserves his 150-year prison term, but he could not have pulled off his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme without a lot of help. Not from his employees and business associates or...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- 4 Ways to Avoid a Financial Scam: Don't Get "Madoff-ed"
- My last post about Madoff's 150-year sentence aroused quite a response and requires that I clear the air about some issues that were raised: I don't think Madoff is worse than a murderer or a rapist Madoff is not the scapegoat for the entire financial melt-down...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Ponzi Scheme Victims Speak Out
- Katie Couric speaks with several investors who lost substantial amounts of money in a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wall Street financier Bernie Madoff, who recently pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
- Videos 2009-03-12
- New Rules For Madoff Victims
- Infuriated investors who lost massive funds due to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme may receive some of their money back. As Randall Pinkston reports, the IRS has issued new guidelines for fraud victims.
- Videos 2009-03-17
- The Upside of Apocalypse
- Scammed in 2008? Laid off? Your portfolio in tatters? Well, look on the bright side. At least you'll get some tax breaks. Here are three that could make the final reckoning a little less painful. Who could fault you for thinking that 2008 marked the end of the financial...
- Articles 2009-03-09
- Madoff's Book: Promo Video #1
- The package I got from my sources in the business book publishing world included some draft promotional videos for Bernard Madoff's business book, which was tentatively titled: Bernard Madoff's Sales Secrets: How To Make a Ton of Money While Giving Your Friends, Family, and the World Economy the Major Shaft....
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Madoff's Book: Kid's Promo Item
- The publishers of Bernard Madoff's proposed business book (tentatively titled: Bernard Madoff's Sales Secrets: How To Win Friends and Influence People's Wallets) planned some spin-off promotional items for kids, who are after all the financial moguls of the future! In this hilarious take-off of the famous "Where's...
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- Madoff's Book: Promo Video #2
- The package I got from my sources in the business book publishing world included some draft promotional videos for Bernard Madoff's business book, which was tentatively titled: Bernard Madoff's Sales Secrets: I Can't Believe that Geoffrey James Is Going to Try to Milk This Stupid Concept for One More Blog...
- Blog posts 2008-12-31
- Pimco Boss: US Economy's One Giant Ponzi Scheme
- Madoff is just a fall guy, according to Pimco managing director Bill Gross. "Madoff’s scheme has a host of culpable look-alikes and one has only to begin with the mortgage market to understand the similarities," writes Gross in a slightly ranty January investment newsletter. As the UK's...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Madoff's "How To Sell" Business Book!!!
- Note to readers: a few weeks ago, I posted what I thought was a business book proposal from Bernie Madoff. Turns out that he was envisioning a shortish book along the lines of "The One Minute Manager." My friend in the publishing industry passed along the final manuscript...
- Blog posts 2009-01-17
- Madoff Says Sorry -- So What?
- Bernard Madoff, who has pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges and could face up to 150 years in prison thanks to his $50bn Ponzi scheme, told the court he was "deeply sorry" for what he's done. But his sentence will be his reparation -- the apology itself was just a...
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Madoff Gets 150 Years: Is Fraud Worse Than Murder?
- From a Madoff victim: Dante recognized fraud as the worst of sins, the ultimate evil, because it violated God's gift to mankind: love and trust. Is Madoff's fraud worse than violent crime? Is fraud of this magnitude finally being prosecuted and adjudicated as it should have been all along, and...
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Tax Relief for Fraud Victims
- If any of your money disappeared down the rathole known as Bernie Madoff or any of the similar Ponzi operations that came to light last year, the Internal Revenue Service offers you some relief, if not much sympathy. How financial victims can get the tax breaks they deserve... If...
- Articles 2009-03-05
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