Fraud, cons and Ponzi schemes: did Sam Bankman-Fried use Madoff tactics?
The fallen crypto mogul is fighting off accusations he followed a similar playbook to Madoff – and deceived investors in the process
May 2021
Madoff Talks review: definitive life of an ‘extraordinarily evil’ man
Jim Campbell exchanged hundreds of emails and letters with the financier whose crimes brought him a 150-year sentence
April 2021
Madoff Talks: uncovering what the family of the late Wall Street fraudster knew
A new book, based on unprecedented access to Bernie Madoff, suggests it may never be possible to separate knowledge from the web of lies
Bernie Madoff obituary
Financier who defrauded thousands of investors through a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme
Bernie Madoff, financier behind largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies in prison
New York financier, sentenced to 150 years in prison in 2009, ran scheme that cheated investors out of billions
October 2020
MLB approves sale of New York Mets to hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen
The Wilpon family’s control of the Mets neared its end after 34 years when MLB owners voted Friday to approve the sale of the team to Steve Cohen
June 2020
Bernie Madoff fails in bid for compassionate release from prison
The 82-year-old convicted fraudster has less than 18 months to live, but judge says he should die in jail
March 2020
Michael Cohen and Bernie Madoff seek early prison release amid coronavirus
Other inmates seeking freedom include the former head of the Cali drug cartel and dozens of prisoners at Rikers Island
February 2020
Bernie Madoff says he is dying of kidney failure and seeks early prison release
Lawyer says 81-year-old behind history’s largest Ponzi scheme uses a wheelchair and has multiple serious conditions
August 2019
General Electric shares tank following accusation of 'bigger fraud than Enron'
Share price plummets as Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos claims company is engaging in $38bn accounting fraud
November 2018
Bernie Madoff scam victims receive $695m from compensation fund
Nearly $2bn allocated to swindler’s 27,000 victims to date, with latest funds recovered from Madoff’s friend, family and bank
May 2017
Bernie Madoff photos offer rare glimpse of convicted fraudster in prison
The Wizard of Lies review – Robert De Niro's Bernie Madoff drama is a cheat
March 2017
The Wizard of Lies trailer: see Robert de Niro in HBO’s Bernard Madoff drama – video
Watch the trailer for HBO’s latest TV drama The Wizard of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer
January 2017
Never-before-heard Bernie Madoff tapes reveal details of ruinous Ponzi scheme
New audio series Ponzi Supernova profiles the imprisoned trickster, who denies responsibility for duping investors by paying them out of each other’s pockets
June 2015
Madoff trustee's appeal over $4bn recovery rejected by US supreme court
High court upholds ruling which says federal bankruptcy law does not let Irving Picard recoup payments made by Bernie Madoff investment firm before collapse
March 2015
France's 'king of manuscripts' held over suspected pyramid scheme fraud
Prized collection assembled by Gérard Lhéritier, who ‘turned paper into gold’, includes De Sade’s manuscript of 120 Days of Sodom and Louis XVI’s final testament
December 2014
'Compliant' Madoff secretary gets six years in prison over fraud scheme
Disgraced financier’s secretary Annette Bongiorno apologises to fraud victims in Manhattan court: ‘I will be haunted by shame for the rest of my life’
October 2014
The US justice divide: why crime and punishment in Wall Street and Ferguson are so different
Matt Taibbi was the scourge of Wall Street who called Goldman Sachs a ‘vampire squid’. Here, he argues that the failure to jail crooked bankers has its flipside – a war on the poor
September 2014
Bernie Madoff son under investigation for Ponzi scheme until his death
Andrew Madoff was under scrutiny by federal investigators, who ‘never believed the brothers were unaware of the fraud’
