Bernie Madoff

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Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bernard L. Madoff 9
Bernie Madoff canonical 5
Bernard Madoff 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financier ⓘ
fraudster ⓘ
human ⓘ
arrestedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Andrew Madoff ⓘ
Mark Madoff ⓘ
convictedOf false statements ⓘ
investment adviser fraud ⓘ
mail fraud ⓘ
making false filings with the SEC ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
securities fraud ⓘ
theft from an employee benefit plan ⓘ
wire fraud ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criminalCharge false statements ⓘ
investment adviser fraud ⓘ
mail fraud ⓘ
making false filings with the SEC ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
securities fraud ⓘ
theft from an employee benefit plan ⓘ
wire fraud ⓘ
dateOfArrest 2008-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-04-29 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 2009-03-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfSentencing 2009-06-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Far Rockaway High School ⓘ
Hofstra University ⓘ
estimatedFraudAmount approximately 65 billion US dollars (claimed account value) ⓘ
estimatedPrincipalLoss approximately 17 to 20 billion US dollars ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ
fullName Bernard Lawrence Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
gender male ⓘ
givenName Bernard ⓘ
industry financial services ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mediaDepiction subject of numerous books and documentaries about financial fraud ⓘ
notableFor defrauding thousands of investors ⓘ
operating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history ⓘ
orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme ⓘ
numberOfVictims thousands of investors ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
financier ⓘ
investment advisor ⓘ
stockbroker ⓘ
operatedPonziSchemeThrough Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ
placeOfBirth Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
pledGuiltyTo 11 federal felonies related to his Ponzi scheme ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ
non-executive chairman of NASDAQ ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
schemeDiscovery 2008 financial crisis exposed the Ponzi scheme ⓘ
sentence 150 years in federal prison ⓘ
spouse Ruth Madoff ⓘ
startOfPonziScheme early 1990s (at least) ⓘ
victimized charities ⓘ
hedge funds ⓘ
individual investors ⓘ
institutional investors ⓘ
pension funds ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Dreyfuss → portrayedCharacter → Bernie Madoff ⓘ
subject linked to: Dreyfuss
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme → perpetratedBy → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme → exposedBy → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Irving Picard → associatedPerson → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
subject linked to: Madoff trustee Irving Picard
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Jeffry Picower → associatedWith → Bernard Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Jeffry Picower → financialRelationshipWith → Bernard Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
The Wizard of Lies → character → Bernie Madoff ⓘ
Bernie Madoff → fullName → Bernard Lawrence Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff → familyName → Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Madoff (miniseries) → mainSubject → Bernie Madoff ⓘ
Madoff (miniseries) → portrays → Bernie Madoff ⓘ
Madoff (miniseries) → characterRole → Bernie Madoff ⓘ
Fairfield Greenwich Group → associatedWith → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Fairfield Sentry → wasOneOfLargestFeederFundsTo → Bernard Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Fairfield Sentry → underlyingManager → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Ascot Partners → investedWith → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Kingate Global Fund → associatedWith → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
United States v. Bernard L. Madoff → defendant → Bernard L. Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff
Lipstick Building → formerTenant → Bernard Madoff ⓘ
linked to: Bernie Madoff