By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fraudster Bernie Madoff, who became the poster boy of all that is evil in the investment world, wants out of prison early because he’s dying. In a court filing, Madoff, 81, says he has less than 18 months to live due to kidney disease, the New York Times reports. In 2009,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who has been integral in dozens of insider-trading convictions and oversaw the Bernie Madoff trial is now working for Goldman Sachs Group, Bloomberg reports. Patrick Carroll, 50, who spent nearly 25 years with the bureau, has become the vice president of Goldman Sach’s compliance, surveillance and strategy group….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s interesting how soon we forget about public figures when they run afoul of the law. Sometimes years go by before we finally say, “Gee, whatever happened to Congressman so-and-so” and “I wonder when he’s getting out of prison.” Well, ticklethewire.com was wondering the same. So we checked with the Bureau…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s interesting how soon we forget about public figures when they run afoul of the law. Sometimes years go by before we finally say, “Gee, whatever happened to Congressman so-and-so” and “I wonder when he’s getting out of prison.” Well, ticklethewire.com was wondering the same. So we checked with the Bureau…
By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris Bloomberg NEW YORK — After several drinks at a Greek restaurant on Manhattan’s Third Avenue in the summer of 2006, two computer programmers at Bernard Madoff’s (in picture) investment firm asked their supervisor whether the boss’s business was a scam. Chief financial officer Frank DiPascali laughed off the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Madoff scandal is the gift that keeps giving. The latest: David Hilzenrath of the Washington Post reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has disciplined 8 of its employees as part of the agency’s failure to stop the fraud. But Hilzenrath writes that no one was fired even though SEC’s…
