Word: scams
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Imagine getting 10% for blowing the whistle on Madoff's $50 billion scam. "It's a simple thing that will stop a lot of fraud fast," says Goldman...
...will have comprehensive recommendations, but warned that doesn't mean the agency will implement them. And though some fixes, a proposed rule to separate custodian accounts for hedge fund assets, may make it harder for thieves, smart fraudsters "will just begin to work in pairs; one will run the scam and the other will run the custodian operation," says Goldman...
...charged with stealing at least six identities and using such disguises to forge her way into the Extension School, Columbia, and California State University, Fullerton. A federal judge in Greenville characterized her as a scheming manipulative criminal, according to the Associated Press. Reed’s scam was unveiled in 2006 when she applied for a job in Manhattan, using the persona of Brooke Henson, a South Carolina woman reported missing since 1999. She was indicted in September 2007 in Greenville S.C., on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and identity theft, Ed Donovon, a Secret Service spokesman, told...
Last weekend, reports began circulating of Thomsen's departure, just a few days after House Financial Services Committee members ripped her for failing to spot Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme and ignoring nine years of whistle-blower tips about the scam. (See pictures of the demise of Bernard Madoff...
Prior to joining the SEC, Schapiro was the highly paid chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory agency that also missed Madoff's scam. Upon leaving FINRA last month, Schapiro received a $7.2 million severance payment...