Regulators Probed Madoff Eight Times Over 16 Years

Regulators Probed Madoff Eight Times Over 16 Years - 1/5/2009

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Regulators Probed Madoff Eight Times Over 16 Years
Staff Writer

Reuters. January 5, 2009
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EXCERPT: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions, the Wall Street Journal said. SEC officials followed up on emails from a New York hedge fund that described Bernard Madoff's business practices as "highly unusual," the paper said. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the industry-run watchdog for brokerage firms, reported in 2007 that parts of the firm appeared to have no customers, according to the paper. Madoff was interviewed at least twice by the SEC, the paper said, adding that regulators never came close to uncovering the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme that investigators now believe began in the 1970s.

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