United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
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United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Bernard L. Madoff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7612029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Bernard L. Madoff Context triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, legalProceeding, United States v. Bernard L. Madoff]
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Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
The Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme was a massive, decades-long fraudulent investment operation orchestrated by Bernie Madoff that became one of the largest and most notorious financial scams in history.
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B.
Madoff (miniseries)
Madoff (miniseries) is a television drama that chronicles the rise and fall of infamous financier Bernie Madoff and his massive Ponzi scheme.
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C.
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
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D.
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overturning the criminal conviction of Enron’s accounting firm for obstruction of justice, significantly shaping standards for prosecuting corporate document destruction.
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E.
United States v. Skilling
United States v. Skilling is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case involving former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling that significantly narrowed the scope of the federal “honest services” fraud statute.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Bernard L. Madoff Target entity description: United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
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A.
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
The Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme was a massive, decades-long fraudulent investment operation orchestrated by Bernie Madoff that became one of the largest and most notorious financial scams in history.
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B.
Madoff (miniseries)
Madoff (miniseries) is a television drama that chronicles the rise and fall of infamous financier Bernie Madoff and his massive Ponzi scheme.
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C.
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
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D.
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP
United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overturning the criminal conviction of Enron’s accounting firm for obstruction of justice, significantly shaping standards for prosecuting corporate document destruction.
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E.
United States v. Skilling
United States v. Skilling is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case involving former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling that significantly narrowed the scope of the federal “honest services” fraud statute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States criminal prosecution
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federal criminal case ⓘ white-collar crime case ⓘ |
| appeal | no direct appeal of conviction ⓘ |
| approximateLosses | tens of billions of US dollars ⓘ |
| bailStatus | remanded into custody at plea ⓘ |
| caseType | criminal ⓘ |
| category |
United States securities case law
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United States white-collar crime case law ⓘ |
| charge |
false statements
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investment adviser fraud ⓘ mail fraud ⓘ making false filings with the SEC ⓘ money laundering ⓘ perjury ⓘ securities fraud ⓘ theft from an employee benefit plan ⓘ wire fraud ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| courtLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| defendant |
Bernard L. Madoff
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linked to:
Bernie Madoff
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| impact | led to reforms in SEC oversight and investment regulation ⓘ |
| investigatingAgency |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| judge | Denny Chin ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal courts
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linked to:
U.S. federal courts
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| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Ponzi scheme
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financial fraud ⓘ securities regulation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international media attention ⓘ |
| notableFor | prosecution of one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history ⓘ |
| numberOfCounts | 11 ⓘ |
| plea | guilty ⓘ |
| pleaDate | 2009-03-12 ⓘ |
| prosecutingAuthority | United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| prosecutor | United States of America ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ⓘ |
| result | conviction by guilty plea ⓘ |
| sentence | 150 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| sentencingDate | 2009-06-29 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2008–2009 ⓘ |
| triggerEvent | revelation of Madoff's Ponzi scheme in December 2008 ⓘ |
| victimType |
charitable organizations
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individual investors ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: United States v. Bernard L. Madoff Description of subject: United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme
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legalProceeding
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United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
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