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SEC charges former NASDAQ chairman with securities fraud
[JURIST] Former NASDAQ stock market chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested Thursday by federal agents on charges of securities fraud. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L...

Bernard Madoff Charged: Admits Running a Massive Ponzi
Image via WikipediaFrom the Wall Street Journal, massive Ponzi scheme allegations."Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and a fixture of the Wall Street trading world for decades, was arrested Thursday morning by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and charged with criminal securities fraud by federal prosecutors in Manhattan...

From the Website of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities:
In an era of faceless organizations owned by other equally faceless organizations, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC harks back to an earlier era in the financial world: The owner's name...

Verdacht auf 50-Milliarden-Betrug
Einer der über Jahre hinweg einflussreichsten Manager an der New Yorker Börse ist am Donnerstag unter dem Verdacht des Milliarden-Betrugs festgenommen worden. Dem 70-jährige Bernard Madoff wird vorgeworfen, mit einem Schneeball-System Investoren um 50 Milliarden Dollar betrogen zu haben...

Orthodox Jews Targeted in Alleged $255 Million Ponzi Scheme
The Feds have used a mole to bust open an alleged Ponzi scheme linked to the owners of a Chicago-based real-estate investment firm called WexTrust Capital. SDNY prosecutors allege that Steven Byers and Joseph Shereshevsky raised money in private placements for real estate investments...

The Gift and Estate Tax Charitable Deduction -- Good or Bad
Ray D. Madoff (Professor of Law, Boston College Law School) has recently published her op-ed article entitled Dog Eat Your Taxes?, NY Times, July 9, 2008. Prof. Madoff uses the recent case of Leona Helmsley's trust which may leave as...

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

Hershey Co. et al.
allegedly involved in a chocolate price fixing scheme.

AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

Goldman Sachs Faces Fraud Charges
Goldman Sachs Faces Fraud Charges

$100 Million in Dell Fraud Charges Settlement
Dell Settles Fraud Charges for $100 Million