United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
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United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States criminal prosecution
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federal criminal case ⓘ white-collar crime case ⓘ |
| appeal | no direct appeal of conviction ⓘ |
| approximateLosses | tens of billions of US dollars ⓘ |
| bailStatus | remanded into custody at plea ⓘ |
| caseType | criminal ⓘ |
| category |
United States securities case law
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United States white-collar crime case law ⓘ |
| charge |
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 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendant | Bernard L. Madoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | led to reforms in SEC oversight and investment regulation ⓘ |
| investigatingAgency |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Securities and Exchange Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| judge | Denny Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Ponzi scheme
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financial fraud ⓘ securities regulation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international media attention ⓘ |
| notableFor | prosecution of one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history ⓘ |
| numberOfCounts | 11 ⓘ |
| plea | guilty ⓘ |
| pleaDate | 2009-03-12 ⓘ |
| prosecutingAuthority | United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prosecutor | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | conviction by guilty plea ⓘ |
| sentence | 150 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| sentencingDate | 2009-06-29 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2008–2009 ⓘ |
| triggerEvent | revelation of Madoff's Ponzi scheme in December 2008 ⓘ |
| victimType |
charitable organizations
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individual investors ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ |
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Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
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