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Diana B. Henriques, longtime New York Times reporter on the Madoff scandal, presents the definitive narrative of billionaire financier Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. With exclusive interviews and detailed legal documentation, she charts Madoff’s rise from respected broker to orchestrator of the greatest financial fraud of the late twentieth century.
The book exposes the mechanisms of the fraud, the investigative process, and the personal devastation that accompanied the collapse—suicides, shattered families, and bankrupt charities. It also offers lessons for regulators, investors, and the public about the dangers of unchecked ambition and opaque financial practices.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Diana B. Henriques
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