Harry Markopolos
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Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry M. Markopolos | 1 |
| Harry Markopolos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7612048 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Markopolos Context triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, notableWhistleblower, Harry Markopolos]
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A.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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B.
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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C.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
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D.
Charles Keating
Charles Keating was a British actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the sophisticated villain Carl Hutchins on the American soap opera "Another World."
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E.
Irwin Schiff
Irwin Schiff was an American tax protester and author known for promoting the false claim that most U.S. citizens are not legally required to pay federal income tax, which led to multiple convictions and prison sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Markopolos Target entity description: Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
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A.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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B.
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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C.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
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D.
Charles Keating
Charles Keating was a British actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the sophisticated villain Carl Hutchins on the American soap opera "Another World."
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E.
Irwin Schiff
Irwin Schiff was an American tax protester and author known for promoting the false claim that most U.S. citizens are not legally required to pay federal income tax, which led to multiple convictions and prison sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial analyst
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fraud investigator ⓘ person ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| assertedSchemeType | Ponzi scheme ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Fraud Fighter of the Year ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1956-10-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Erie, Pennsylvania
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| certification |
Certified Fraud Examiner
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Chartered Financial Analyst ⓘ
linked to:
CFA charter
|
| children | 3 ⓘ |
| claimedMadoffMaxSize | approximately $50 billion fraud ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration ⓘ |
| education |
Boston College
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Loyola University Maryland ⓘ |
| employer | Rampart Investment Management Company ⓘ |
| firstMadoffAnalysisYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| firstSECSubmissionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Harry M. Markopolos
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linked to:
Harry Markopolos
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| investigated |
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
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Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early analysis of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities returns
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warning regulators about Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme ⓘ whistleblowing on large-scale financial frauds ⓘ |
| laterWork |
consulting on financial fraud investigations
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submitting whistleblower tips to the SEC under Dodd–Frank provisions ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
60 Minutes interview about the Madoff case
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Frontline documentary segments on the Madoff scandal ⓘ |
| militaryService |
United States Army Reserve
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linked to:
Army Reserve
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| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
submitted multiple whistleblower submissions to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about Madoff
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testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee in 2009 ⓘ |
| notableWork | No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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financial analyst ⓘ fraud investigator ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief investment officer at Rampart Investment Management ⓘ |
| publicationDateOf | 2010 for No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller ⓘ |
| residence |
Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Massachusetts
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| SECSubmission |
2001 submission detailing 29 red flags in Madoff’s strategy
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2005 submission titled “The World’s Largest Hedge Fund is a Fraud” ⓘ 2007 follow-up submission on Madoff’s fraud ⓘ May 2000 memo alleging Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme ⓘ |
| spouse | Faith Markopolos ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
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various U.S. congressional hearings on the Madoff scandal ⓘ |
| warnedRegulator | Boston office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| warnedRegulator |
New York office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
linked to:
Securities and Exchange Commission
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Harry Markopolos Description of subject: Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
Referenced by (2)
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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notableWhistleblower
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Harry Markopolos
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linked to: Harry Markopolos