Bernie Madoff's big fat Ponzi scheme - How was it discovered?

15/04/2025 9 min Episodio 47
Bernie Madoff's big fat Ponzi scheme - How was it discovered?

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Bernie Madoff ran an investment management firm that was not open to all - it was an invite-only club. That is what made it aspirational. Many investors saw it as a sign of status if they got to invest with Madoff. But no one knew that Madoff was not investing their money; he was just running a Ponzi scheme that lost investors a massive $65 billion.How did he pull it off?
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