The well-respected fund manager appears to have committed suicide. Dec. 23, 2008— -- Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet, a well-respected French investment fund manager who put at least $1.4 billion ...

In 2017, the world was captivated by the story of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, who was brought to life on television screens by HBO's "The Wizard of Lies." The film chronicles the real-life ...

Bernard Madoff has decided not to appeal the 150-year prison sentence he received for operating the biggest investment fraud in history. "We are not going to appeal," Madoff attorney Ira Lee Sorkin ...

On December 11, 2008, the financial world was rocked by the arrest of Bernard Madoff, a man once revered as a titan on Wall Street. His name had long been synonymous with trust and success in ...

— -- Federal authorities have charged a Wall Street veteran with running a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors allege lost a staggering $50 billion. Bernard Madoff, founder of Bernard L. Madoff ...

NEW YORK The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its written ruling a day after hearing arguments from the government and a lawyer for the 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman. The dozens of ...

The scandal turned a well-respected investment professional -- Madoff was once chairman of the Nasdaq exchange -- into a symbol of Wall Street greed amid the economic meltdown. The public fury toward ...

NEW YORK -- The amount of money recovered for victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme has now topped $11 billion, bankruptcy lawyers announced today. "We now have $11,079,000,000," said Irving ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff is dying of kidney failure and has fewer than 18 months to live, and is seeking to end his 150-year prison sentence for masterminding what prosecutors have called ...

Started his firm with $5,000 he saved from working as a lifeguard. Madoff served as NASDAQ’s chairman in 1990, 1991 and 1993. Had many high-profile victims, including director Steven Spielberg, actors ...

The journalist Richard Behar communicated extensively with the disgraced financier. His rigorous if irreverent book acknowledges his subject’s humanity. By Alexandra Jacobs Here’s how the former ...

In total, payouts to Madoff victims now amount to around $19 billion. The total amount reported missing from client accounts, including fictitious gains, was nearly $65 billion. Richard Breeden, ...