By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Boyd M. Johnson III, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s number 2 person, whose name had surfaced in 2009 as a contender to fill DEA’s top spot, is leaving government to join a private law firm, Globe Newswire reported. Johnson plans to join the firm of WilmerHale in New York as a…
Just in case you were wondering whether our favorite Ponzi scammer was fearful of prison. By The Associated Press NEW YORK — A prison coach who helped Bernard Madoff get ready for his 150-year sentence says the disgraced financier was not afraid before starting his term at a federal penitentiary in North Carolina. Herb Hoelter…
Bernie Madoff may have had the most infamous Ponzi scheme of all time (short of Charles Ponzi), but there are still investors out there getting bilked of their retirement savings and other funds by scammers. First, we have Ponzi schemer Donald Manning sentenced to over 5 years in prison for taking $4.5 million in cash…
He may not be a danger to society, but he sure is getting more and more people angry. Maybe it’s all rather self fulfilling when your name includes the word “Mad”. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A judge allowed disgraced investor Bernard Madoff to remain free on bail Monday, rejecting an attempt by prosecutors to send…
There are worse things than being confined to a $7 million penthouse in New York. Then again, these days there are better people to be than Bernie Madoff. BY THOMAS ZAMBITO and CORKY SIEMASZKO New York Daily News NEW YORK — The most hated con man in New York will be trapped in a gilded…
