Bernard Madoff

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  Code of Ethics Rule

  By Les Abromovitz  |  January 1, 2012

  The Code of Ethics Rule, found in Rule 204A-1, uses severe consequences for violation to help ensure investment advisors will do the right thing.  

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  MF Global Bankruptcy Spooks Investors; First U.S. Casualty of Europe’s Debt Crisis

  By Chris Kahn, Associated Press, Daniel Wagner, Associated Press  |  October 31, 2011

  MF Global Holdings Ltd., the securities firm run by former New Jersey Governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection in what is seen as the first major U.S. casualty of Europe's debt crisis.

• Latest ‘Mini-Madoff’ Arrested in Spain, Accused of $300 Million Fraud

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2011

  In a case reminiscent of the Bernie Madoff debacle, Spanish police arrested a foreign-exchange operator suspected of running a $300 million Ponzi-type fraud.

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  GOP Lawmakers Probe SEC on Top Attorney's Ties to Madoff

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 25, 2011

  Republican lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee want the SEC to answer a bevy of questions regarding David Becker, the SEC’s general counsel who’s alleged to have earned more than $1.5 million from a Madoff account held in his mother’s estate.

• Libya Turned Down Madoff, Stanford Proposals: Wikileaks

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 24, 2011

  A leaked cable via Wikileaks reveals, according to a Wednesday MSNBC report, that the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi was approached for the purpose of soliciting investments by both Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford.

• Top SEC Attorney Inherited Dirty Madoff Millions, Says Suit

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 23, 2011

  Irving Picard, trustee for the liquidation of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff’s firm, has filed a suit against top SEC attorney David Becker and his two brothers that said that Becker and his siblings benefited from a Madoff account that was in their mother’s estate. T

• Mets Debt Hit by Moody’s Over Madoff Suit

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 11, 2011

  Already reeling from a lawsuit from the Madoff trustee seeking to recover as much as $1 billion, the New York Mets have now been hit on Friday with a downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service on the team’s stadium debt.

• Judge Approves $7.2 Billion Settlement in Madoff Fraud

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 14, 2011

  A historic $7.2 billion deal was approved Thursday to settle a lawsuit brought against the estate of one of the oldest and wealthiest clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff.

• A Madoff Son Hangs Himself

  By Staff Writer  |  December 12, 2010

  Mark Madoff, the elder son of Bernie Madoff, the man whose name has become a byword for financial fleecing, took his life on Saturday on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest.

• Trustee for Madoff’s Victims Files 40 Lawsuits

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 29, 2010

  The trustee seeking to recover money for victims of convicted money manager Bernard Madoff said he filed 40 lawsuits on Friday.