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...Internal Revenue Service is bracing for a deluge of amended tax returns from tens of thousands of victims caught up in the recent wave of multibillion-dollar Ponzi schemes and other frauds, most notably the sensational swindle perpetrated by Bernie Madoff and R. Allen Stanford's $8 billion certificates-of-deposit scam...
...refunds due to victims, according to accountant tallies. But don't feel too bad for the IRS. Over the past 20 or more years, it has been collecting taxes on income that never actually existed. Last year the IRS sent out 106 million refund checks totaling $254 billion, so Ponzi victims will hardly empty the refund cookie jar. (See pictures of Madoff's demise...
...first go-to place for financial-fraud survivors trying to recoup lost money. But with the April 15 tax clock ticking, figuring out what to do about recovery, both from taxes and from the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SPIC), has become a mind-boggling maze for accountants and their Ponzi-victim clients. At a hearing yesterday, Madoff pleaded guilty to his decades-long crime, was handcuffed and ordered to jail. Sentencing is scheduled for June, but he could potentially be sentenced to 150 years on 11 counts. (Read "The Madoff Hearing: A Guilty Plea, but No Catharsis...
...some ways, Asia's growth model came to resemble a vast Ponzi scheme--one precariously perched on expectations that debt-soaked Americans would buy more TVs, computers and cars forever. Those expectations have been dashed, leaving the tigers with excess manufacturing capacity and a burgeoning army of unemployed workers. At Taiwan's Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, home to many of the island's flagship tech firms, most workers are taking unpaid leave at least one day a week. Ryan Wu, chief operating officer of the job-search website 1111 Job Bank, says conditions at Hsinchu have never been...
...emotions. In his Queens accent, Madoff said he was grateful for the chance to address the court. "As the years went by, I realized my risk and this day would inevitably come," he said. "I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for my crimes." Madoff explained that his Ponzi scheme, run through an account held by his investment-advisory business at the Chase Manhattan Bank, began during a "recession" in the early 1990s. He believed he would be able to extricate himself and his clients from the scheme with time - but couldn't. But while admitting that the investment...