October 31, 2013
A former trader for Bernard Madoff testified Thursday that he was allowed to make up trades to explain fictitious profits in his account at Madoff's firm, saying one of the few rules was "don't make it look ridiculous."
October 30, 2013
A former Bernard Madoff employee testified Wednesday that he conspired with others at his firm to break securities laws, naming two of five defendants now on trial over their alleged involvement in Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
October 28, 2013
The books at Bernard Madoff's securities firm often contained 'ridiculous' numbers that bore little relation to reality, a government expert testified Monday in the trial of five former Madoff employees accused of involvement in Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
October 23, 2013
A former investment advisory manager at Bernie Madoff's securities firm often instructed clerical employees to retrieve historical stock prices going as far back as a year without explaining why, a longtime clerical employee from the firm testified Wednesday amid the government's allegations that Madoff's top staff created fake trades.
October 22, 2013
A former programmer at Bernie Madoff's investment firm disclosed that Madoff asked him to help doctor investment statements, offering him money after he expressed misgivings over the request, an executive from the consulting firm winding down Madoff's securities firm told a jury Tuesday.
October 17, 2013
Bernard Madoff was a criminal genius who kept staff at his now-defunct investment company in the dark about his Ponzi scheme, defense lawyers for five former employees allegedly involved in the fraud told jurors in New York federal court on Thursday.
October 16, 2013
Five former employees of Bernard Madoff's investment firm lied for years to enable Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday, launching a fraud trial against the staffers in New York district court that is expected to last five months.
September 23, 2013
October is shaping up to be an eventful month in the securities bar, with trials scheduled in high-profile government actions against Bank of America Corp., Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and five former employees of Bernie Madoff’s collapsed firm.
August 29, 2013
Five former Bernard Madoff employees accused of improperly collecting $70 million in the Ponzi scheme asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to not allow some victims to take the stand against them during the trial because their testimony would be prejudicial.
August 09, 2013
Prosecutors in a fraud case against five former Bernard Madoff employees on Thursday revealed that his securities firm was an alleged hotbed of sexual activity, including a love triangle between one of the defendants and the fraudster himself.