Bernie Madoff

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Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financier
fraudster
human
arrestedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Andrew Madoff NERFINISHED
Mark Madoff NERFINISHED
convictedOf false statements
investment adviser fraud
mail fraud
making false filings with the SEC
money laundering
perjury
securities fraud
theft from an employee benefit plan
wire fraud
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
criminalCharge false statements
investment adviser fraud
mail fraud
making false filings with the SEC
money laundering
perjury
securities fraud
theft from an employee benefit plan
wire fraud
dateOfArrest 2008-12-11
dateOfBirth 1938-04-29
dateOfConviction 2009-03-12
dateOfDeath 2021-04-14
dateOfSentencing 2009-06-29
educatedAt Far Rockaway High School NERFINISHED
Hofstra University NERFINISHED
estimatedFraudAmount approximately 65 billion US dollars (claimed account value)
estimatedPrincipalLoss approximately 17 to 20 billion US dollars
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Madoff NERFINISHED
founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC NERFINISHED
fullName Bernard Lawrence Madoff NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Bernard NERFINISHED
industry financial services
languageSpoken English
mediaDepiction subject of numerous books and documentaries about financial fraud
notableFor defrauding thousands of investors
operating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history
orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme
numberOfVictims thousands of investors
occupation businessperson
financier
investment advisor
stockbroker
operatedPonziSchemeThrough Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Queens, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
pledGuiltyTo 11 federal felonies related to his Ponzi scheme
positionHeld chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
non-executive chairman of NASDAQ
religion Judaism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
schemeDiscovery 2008 financial crisis exposed the Ponzi scheme
sentence 150 years in federal prison
spouse Ruth Madoff NERFINISHED
startOfPonziScheme early 1990s (at least)
victimized charities
hedge funds
individual investors
institutional investors
pension funds

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Dreyfuss portrayedCharacter Bernie Madoff
subject surface form: Richard Dreyfuss
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme perpetratedBy Bernie Madoff
this entity surface form: Bernard L. Madoff
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme exposedBy Bernie Madoff
this entity surface form: Bernard L. Madoff
Madoff trustee Irving Picard associatedPerson Bernie Madoff
subject surface form: Irving Picard
this entity surface form: Bernard L. Madoff
Jeffry Picower associatedWith Bernie Madoff
this entity surface form: Bernard Madoff
Jeffry Picower financialRelationshipWith Bernie Madoff
this entity surface form: Bernard Madoff
The Wizard of Lies character Bernie Madoff