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Harry Markopolos riding the wave
Harry Markopolos, who was hip to the Bernard Madoff ( Bernard Madoff news) scandal before anyone else, is certainly having his day in the sun. After a decade of trying to bring down the man who ran the biggest known Ponzi Scheme, he has largely been vindicated--in the eyes of Congress, the
More on SEC's failure to catch Madoff
Bernard Madoff has been quoted as saying he was constantly afraid that the SEC was on to him, but it turns out he had little to fear. It's been clear for a while that the SEC was seriously deficient, at times it seemed investigators had dug in on his behalf in the face of criticism that they weren
Taking on Madoff not easy
Harry Markopolos, the would-have-been hero of the Madoff scandal if only people had listened to him, says he actually feared for his life, which was why he did not initially disclose his identity to regulators. He is set to appear at a Congressional hearing, and the New York Times reports he m
A scapegoat at the SEC?
The New York Post has run a few pieces on Meaghan Cheung, who was the branch chief of the New York office's enforcement division. In January 2006, the New York branch of the SEC opened an enforcement case on Madoff based on Markopolos' claims. The SEC--laughably in hindsight--found no evidence
