By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He shined in “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull”, just to name a few. Now the big-screen legend Robert De Niro is about to play the 21st Century’s legendary swindler Bernie Madoff in an HBO movie, according to Deadline Hollywood. Deadline Hollywood reports that the project has hired Reservation Road scribe John Burnham…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Before long everyone knew Bernie Madoff’s son Mark killed himself last year by hangning himself by a dog leash. But what few know is that Madoff himself and his wife tried committing suicide as well, according to an interview this Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes, the Associated Press reported. “I don’t…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nearly three years after the feds began investigating world-class swindler Bernie Madoff, it appears less and less likely charges will be filed against his brother, son and niece, the Associated Press reports. AP reported that “people with knowledge of the case” said potential evidence against brother Peter Madoff, son Andrew Madoff…
By Allan Lengelticklethewire.com A Manhattan federal judge who sentenced swindler Bernie Madoff has told the New York Times that he weighed different factors before handing out a 150 year sentence. Madoff’s lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin had tried to convince U.S. District Judge Denny Chin,57, to give a far lesser sentence. He cited, according…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A new book penned by New York Times senior financial writer Diana B. Henriques concludes that swindler Bernie Madoff’s immediate family was unaware of the fraud he was perpetrating. A review in the New York Times on the book “Wizard of Lies” says of Madoff’s crimes: “In some ways it was…
By Matthew Goldstein Reuters NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff — the architect of history’s biggest Ponzi scheme — and Gary Ridgway – the Green River killer — would seem to have little in common aside from being branded as “monsters” in the tabloids. But a team of FBI agents, the same ones who specialize in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Like many wild parties, once they’re over, the clean up can be a bear. Well, the party has long been over for Madoff and the very expensive clean up is underway. And it ain’t close to being over. The Washington Post’s David Hilzenrath reports that the clean up has…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff won’t be attending the funeral of his son Mark, who committed suicide in his Manhattan home over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Mr. Madoff will not be attending the funeral out of consideration” for his family, attorney Ira Sorkin…
