Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
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The Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme was a massive, decades-long fraudulent investment operation orchestrated by Bernie Madoff that became one of the largest and most notorious financial scams in history.
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Target entity: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme Context triple: [Jeffry M. Picower, involvedIn, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme]
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Enron
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The Fraud
The Fraud is a historical novel by Zadie Smith that intertwines a 19th-century literary household with the infamous Tichborne trial to explore truth, authorship, and identity in Victorian England.
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Jeffrey Skilling
Jeffrey Skilling is the former CEO of Enron who became a central figure in one of the largest corporate fraud cases in U.S. history.
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Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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Enron accounting scandal
The Enron accounting scandal was a major corporate fraud case in the early 2000s involving widespread financial misrepresentation at energy company Enron, which led to its bankruptcy and spurred sweeping reforms in U.S. corporate governance and financial regulation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme Target entity description: The Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme was a massive, decades-long fraudulent investment operation orchestrated by Bernie Madoff that became one of the largest and most notorious financial scams in history.
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A.
Enron
Enron was a major American energy company that became infamous for one of the largest corporate frauds and bankruptcies in history, leading to sweeping reforms in financial regulation and corporate governance.
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B.
The Fraud
The Fraud is a historical novel by Zadie Smith that intertwines a 19th-century literary household with the infamous Tichborne trial to explore truth, authorship, and identity in Victorian England.
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C.
Jeffrey Skilling
Jeffrey Skilling is the former CEO of Enron who became a central figure in one of the largest corporate fraud cases in U.S. history.
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D.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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E.
Enron accounting scandal
The Enron accounting scandal was a major corporate fraud case in the early 2000s involving widespread financial misrepresentation at energy company Enron, which led to its bankruptcy and spurred sweeping reforms in U.S. corporate governance and financial regulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ponzi scheme
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financial scandal ⓘ securities fraud case ⓘ |
| actualTrading | little or no real trading in client accounts ⓘ |
| beganApproximate | early 1990s or earlier ⓘ |
| carriedOutThrough |
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
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| charges |
false statements
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investment adviser fraud ⓘ mail fraud ⓘ making false filings with the SEC ⓘ money laundering ⓘ perjury ⓘ securities fraud ⓘ theft from an employee benefit plan ⓘ wire fraud ⓘ |
| claimedStrategy | split-strike conversion ⓘ |
| consequence |
increased scrutiny of investment advisers
ⓘ
major reforms in SEC enforcement and oversight ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | subject of numerous books, documentaries, and films ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | December 2008 ⓘ |
| durationApproximate | several decades ⓘ |
| estimatedActualLosses | about 17–20 billion US dollars (principal) ⓘ |
| exposedBy |
Bernie Madoff
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surface form:
Bernard L. Madoff
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Madoff’s sons ⓘ |
| guiltyPlea | Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty on March 12, 2009 ⓘ |
| headquartersDuringScheme | New York City ⓘ |
| investmentTypeClaimed | equity and options trading ⓘ |
| legalProceeding | United States v. Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ |
| mainRegulator |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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| mediaCoverage | extensive global media attention after 2008 collapse ⓘ |
| method |
fabrication of account statements
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false reporting of trades ⓘ using new investor funds to pay existing investors ⓘ |
| notableVictim |
Banco Santander
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surface form:
Banco Santander (via Optimal Investment Services)
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity ⓘ Fairfield Greenwich Group ⓘ Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America ⓘ
surface form:
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America
UBS-linked feeder funds ⓘ |
| notableWhistleblower | Harry Markopolos ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Lipstick Building, 885 Third Avenue, Manhattan ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
Bernie Madoff
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surface form:
Bernard L. Madoff
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| recoveredAmountApproximate | over 14 billion US dollars for victims (by mid-2010s) ⓘ |
| recoveryEfforts | clawback lawsuits against net winners and feeder funds ⓘ |
| relatedConviction | Bernard L. Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison ⓘ |
| scaleDescription | one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history ⓘ |
| SECFailure | multiple missed opportunities to uncover fraud ⓘ |
| sentencingDate | June 29, 2009 ⓘ |
| totalCustomerClaimsFiled | about 65 billion US dollars (purported account values) ⓘ |
| trustee | Irving H. Picard ⓘ |
| trusteeAppointedBy |
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
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surface form:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
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| typicalPromisedReturns | steady, above-market returns with low volatility ⓘ |
| usedFeederFunds |
Ascot Partners
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Fairfield Sentry ⓘ Kingate Global Fund ⓘ Tremont Group feeder funds ⓘ |
| victimType |
banks and financial institutions
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charitable foundations ⓘ hedge funds ⓘ individual investors ⓘ pension funds ⓘ |
| whistleblowerWarnings | repeated submissions to SEC from 2000 onward ⓘ |
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