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Bloomberg’s headline writers have a puckish humour that sits sweetly out of place with its dry, numbers-changing-on-screen image, and “Madoff Lover Stuck With…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 19, 2009 11:27AM | 4 Comments »
After the slew of high-profile fraud cases that came to light as the recession deepened, things have settled down somewhat – fraud fans like us…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | August 6, 2009 12:03PM | 1 Comment »
After the powers that be decided there was no evidence linking her to her husband’s crimes, Ruth Madoff is off the criminal proceedings…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | July 30, 2009 12:00PM | No Comments »
Since the Madoff story broke, his wife Ruth presumably hasn’t been able to go anywhere without groups of her friends quickly winding up hushed conversations…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | July 2, 2009 11:02AM | No Comments »
Yesterday, Bernard Madoff – Diet Coke drinker, Neil Diamond fan and $65bn fraudster – was given a life sentence for orchestrating the giant Ponzi scheme…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 30, 2009 11:10AM | No Comments »
Madoff’s victims have a morsel of retribution to tie them over to the big day next week when the fraudster gets sent down – Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | June 23, 2009 11:15AM | No Comments »
Fairfield Greenwich, the hedge fund that was one of the biggest losers in the Madoff scandal, has seen the “bulk” of its funds taken over by…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | May 14, 2009 1:37PM | No Comments »
With Bernie Madoff in jail, perhaps overturning dinner benches and enquiring as to the whereabouts of people’s tools, the net is widening to…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | April 7, 2009 11:24AM | No Comments »
Bernard Madoff has been in jail for a week now, and let’s hope he and Arthur Nadel are chess partners or something and he’s having…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 19, 2009 2:24PM | 3 Comments »
Following on from the Bernard Madoff-branded emergency kit and sweater, eBay is now providing the opportunity to deck your bathroom out with a…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 4, 2009 11:03AM | 4 Comments »
Ted Cunningham, an Irish money-lender accused of laundering funds from the Northern Bank heist, has himself named former Bank of Scotland chair Phil…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 13, 2009 1:20PM | No Comments »
Kazutsugi Nami is the latest to join the Ponzi hall of fame, allegedly committing a $2.5bn fraud in Japan. That means he’s burnt through more…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 6, 2009 12:14PM | 1 Comment »
