Read more Bernard Madoff stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36701/bernard-madoff.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74072/madoff-auction-nabs-1m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose pining for a little piece of Ponzi-scheme history ponied up more than a million bucks yesterday for disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's stuff—more than doubling the $500,000 take expected. The proceeds from the 200-some items goes toward repaying Madoff's victims, reports the Wall Street Journal in a rundown...http://www.newser.com/story/74072/madoff-auction-nabs-1m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 9:27:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73990/fbi-arrests-two-more-madoff-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bernie Madoff net widens: The FBI has arrested two computer programmers accused of helping hide the massive Ponzi scheme. Jerome O'Hara and George Perez will be in court today on various fraud charges, including falsifying books. They are the third and fourth people arrested in addition to Madoff, who...http://www.newser.com/story/73990/fbi-arrests-two-more-madoff-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 9:17:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73681/madoffs-stuff-up-for-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnybody who wants a piece of Bernie Madoff will be able to choose from hundreds of the shamed Ponzi kingpin's possessions at an auction this weekend. Items on the block will include jewelry, furs, and, for the brave buyer, a New York Mets jacket with "Madoff" emblazoned on the back....http://www.newser.com/story/73681/madoffs-stuff-up-for-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 6:50:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73223/madoff-accountant-pleads-guilty-faces-114-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff's accountant says he's a lousy auditor but no criminal. Still, he pleaded guilty to a slew of fraud charges today that could land him in prison for 114 years when he's sentenced in February. While admitting that he failed to conduct independent audits and took the statements of...http://www.newser.com/story/73223/madoff-accountant-pleads-guilty-faces-114-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:18:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73001/madoff-wishes-sec-had-caught-him-years-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff slagged the SEC in a jailhouse interview released late yesterday, dismissing a compliance examiner looking into his firm in 2006 as a "blowhard" who "talked tough, but didn't look at anything." He said uncovering his Ponzi scheme would have been a cinch if the guy had done his...http://www.newser.com/story/73001/madoff-wishes-sec-had-caught-him-years-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 6:31:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72764/534m-paid-to-madoff-victims-45b-to-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe government fund that insures brokerage firms has so far paid 1,368 victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme $534 million in reparations—more than it has paid out in all its previous liquidations combined, in its almost 40 years in existence. And it ain’t over, Madoff trustee Irving Picard...http://www.newser.com/story/72764/534m-paid-to-madoff-victims-45b-to-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72584/autopsy-madoff-buddy-died-of-natural-causes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff’s pal Jeffry Picower drowned following a massive heart attack, a medical examiner announced today. Toxicology reports won’t be in for another 10 weeks, but for now the examiner says Picower sunk to the bottom of the pool following the heart attack. His body will be released for burial....http://www.newser.com/story/72584/autopsy-madoff-buddy-died-of-natural-causes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 12:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72562/picower-death-may-stall-suit-for-madoff-billions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe death of Jeffry Picower, accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of longtime pal Bernard Madoff, will make it more difficult for suing investors to recoup their money, attorneys said late yesterday. Palm Beach police are investigating the death, after Picower's wife discovered the 67-year-old's...http://www.newser.com/story/72562/picower-death-may-stall-suit-for-madoff-billions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 9:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72514/madoff-colleague-found-dead-in-swimming-pool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhilanthropist Jeffry Picower, who allegedly reaped billions of dollars from longtime friend Bernard Madoff's Ponzi schemes, was found dead today at the bottom of his Florida swimming pool. Efforts to revive him failed, and his death was ruled a drowning, police said. Picower, 67, wife Barbara, and their foundation were...http://www.newser.com/story/72514/madoff-colleague-found-dead-in-swimming-pool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 16:07:46 CDT