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  1. Bernie Madoff Case — FBI

    Madoff was running what turned out to be history’s biggest Ponzi scheme. To unravel his crimes, the FBI all but moved into Madoff’s offices.

  2. Bernie Madoff - Wikipedia

    Bernie Madoff ... Bernard Lawrence Madoff (/ ˈmeɪdɔːf /; [2] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known …

  3. Bernie Madoff: Who He Was and How His Ponzi Scheme Worked

    Jan 2, 2026 · Discover how Bernie Madoff orchestrated history's largest Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors of $65 billion, and the implications it had on financial markets.

  4. Bernie Madoff’s Massive Ponzi Scheme, Explained - A&E

    Sep 29, 2025 · Bernie Madoff’s Early Career Born in 1938 in Queens, N.Y., Madoff came from a working-class family. As a teen and during college, he worked a series of jobs to help fund a …

  5. Bernie Madoff | Biography, Ponzi Scheme, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · Bernie Madoff was an American hedge-fund investment manager and former chairman of the NASDAQ stock market. He was best known for operating history’s largest Ponzi scheme. In …

  6. Bernie Madoff - Overview, History, and the Ponzi Scheme

    Who is Bernie Madoff? Bernie Madoff, a well-known Wall Street investment advisor, became world-famous for operating possibly the largest Ponzi scheme in history. When investigators for the FBI …

  7. Bernie Madoff and the $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme

    Apr 25, 2025 · Discover how Bernie Madoff pulled off the largest Ponzi scheme in history, what happened to his firm, and the fate of his family.

  8. Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme | Research Starters - EBSCO

    The Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme is recognized as the largest financial fraud in history, amounting to approximately $64 billion in capital over two decades, with direct losses exceeding $18 billion for its …