Madoff

Madoff's Massachusetts roots: State charges Bernie 'feeder' firm with fraud

adamg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:59:35 +0000

The Secretary of State's office today launched administrative proceedings against Fairfield Greenwich, a firm it says funneled billions of dollars into the Madoff Ponzi scheme. The state alleges the company knew Madoff was a goniff but lured Massachusetts investors with promises of high returns, anyway; now the office wants the company to repay investors.

Swindler's list in Brookline

adamg — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:22:58 +0000

Wicked Local Brookline posts a list of Madoff's victims in the town.

Figures: Now we can blame the Yankees for Madoff

adamg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:57:15 +0000

The Herald reports on the Congressional testimony of that frustrated Boston PI who'd tried three years ago to alert the SEC (and the Wall Street Journal) about the Ponzi for a New Millennium:

'In 2000, (one official) warned me that relations between the New York and Boston (SEC) regional offices were about as warm and friendly as the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry,' the Whitman resident said. "Truer words were never spoken."

State sues alleged goniff bagman

adamg — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:24:00 +0000

The Boston Business Journal reports the Secretary of State's office has sued Bernie Madoff BFF Robert Jaffe of Newton to try to get him to testify before state investigators on his alleged role in Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme. Jaffe's New York P.R. firm says Jaffe's as much a victim as anybody else and is sick, to boot.

Dealing with smug bastards who say they didn't invest with Madoff

adamg — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:49:36 +0000

Chris Farone lists ten insults for people who "almost" invested with Bernie Madoff.

The Boston private eye who could have brought the goniff down

adamg — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:37:53 +0000

If only somebody had listened to Harry Markopolos.

Local foundation to meet all pledges despite being taken by an alleged goniff from New York

adamg — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:03:00 +0000

The Shapiro Family Foundation, which saw half its holdings disappear in the Madoff scandal, vows to honor all its previously announced funding commitments.

Foundation Web site.