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Erin Arvedlund’s investigative reporting, based on more than a hundred interviews and the shocking 2001 Barr’s article, uncovers how Bernard Madoff transformed a legitimate investment advisory into a $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Her work shows the web of deception that kept investors and even close associates in the dark, and the regulatory blind spots that allowed the fraud to grow undetected for years.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Erin Arvedlund
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