ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
From One Man’s Fraud to the Unwitting Conspiracy That
Led to the Failure of the Financial Regulatory System—and
the Willful Blindness on Wall Street
1 THE FALL OF MADOFF
The Final Days
2 THE RISE OF MADOFF
The Legit Bernie, or the “Front of the Restaurant”
3 THE MADOFF PATH TO PONZI
Why Did Madoff Do It?
4 THE LARGEST AND LONGEST
PONZI SCHEME IN HISTORY
How Did Madoff Do It?
5 THE SYSTEMIC FAILURE
The Whistleblowers and the Failure of the Financial Regulators
6 THE MONEY TRAIL
The Forensic Investigators and the Failure of Wall Street
7 THE ABUSE OF POWER
SIPC, the Madoff Recovery Trustee, and the Victims
8 THE MADOFF FAMILY
Did They Know?
9 THE ELUSIVE MADOFF
King of Wall Street to Inmate 61727054
10 NEVER AGAIN
No More Ponzi Schemes (and the Big Conspiracies
the Government Missed)
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INDEX