Vlogbrothers
The Largest Theft of All Time
I thought this video was going to be a fun top ten list, then I realized that most of the theft in America is the rich robbing the poor. Literally! Not even in a roudabout way...literally not paying them for more than twenty billion...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sol Wisenberg: Upholding the Rule of Law
Here we are, some 7 years after the Great Financial Crisis, and not one senior banking executive has gone to jail. Extraordinary though it may seem, soon to retire Attorney General Eric Holder did not find at least find one token case to...
Bloomberg
Madoff Trustee in Money Fight With Dead Sons' Estates
May 10 -- The estates of Mark and Andrew Madoff, the deceased sons of Bernie Madoff, are continuing the fight over a 2009 lawsuit aimed at recovering $150 million of investor funds allegedly squandered by the pair. Bloomberg's Erik...
Bloomberg
Tasting Wine Seized From Bernie Madoff’s Collection
Dec.20 -- What's it like to drink like a criminal? Noted wine writer and educator Mark Oldman has a taste for what he calls "the intersection of wine and crime". Through an online auction, Oldman acquired wine that once belonged to the...
Bloomberg
How the SEC Missed a Hedge Fund With 17% Returns
Jan.04 -- Bloomberg's Zeke Faux runs down the timeline of the U.S. government's history with Platinum Partners. The firm averaged 17 percent annual profits from 2003 through 2015 and Chairman and Co-founder Mark Nordlicht was arrested in...
Curated Video
+4:3 JPMorgan to pay over Madoff fraud, ex-UBS banker in court
JPMorgan Chase & Co. which is already beset by other costly legal woes, will pay over 2 (b) billion dollars for ignoring obvious warning signs of Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, authorities said on Tuesday.
The bank will...
Curated Video
Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Dies In Prison At 82
The disgraced financier was serving a 150-year sentence for stealing an estimated $64.8 billion from his clients.
Curated Video
Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to swindling billions and could get up to 150 years in prison. But a former assistant U.S. Attorney says he foresees a reduced sentence because Madoff is the only one who can help get the money back.
HEADLINE: Madoff 'may not' stay behind bars
CAPTION: Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to swindling billions and could get up to 150 years in prison. But a former assistant U.S. Attorney says he foresees a reduced sentence because Madoff is...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : The Crime Museum opens Bernard Madoff
CLEAN : The Crime Museum opens Bernard Madoff
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Assesssing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and Regulatory Failures
C-Span video [4:50:14] of House Financial Services Committee assessing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and regulatory failures, 2009.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mutual Funds: Ponzi Schemes
Explains how a Ponzi scheme and other investment scams work.