Green, Al
Greenspan, Alan
Gross, Leon
Handwriting analysis
Haslett, Bud
Hearings
Hedge funds
Hedge funds of funds (HFOF)
Henry, Dave
Hermès family
Heyman-Kantor, Reuben
Hill, Chuck
Holland, Daniel E.
Home security
Hootman, Debbi
House Finance Services Committee
Housing bubble
Hyrb, Greg
Income
Incompetence vs. corruption
Incredibly consistent profitable returns. See Ponzi schemes
Indirect investors
Individual investors
Information risk
Insider information
Inspector General
findings
investigation
report
review
See also Kotz, David
Institutional Investor
Integral Investment Management fund
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Court of Justice
Investigation questions
Jewish charities
Jewish community
Jewish T-bill
Jones, Alfred Winslow
JPMorgan
Jurisdictional problems
Kachroo, Gaytri
Congressional investigation
early life of
education of
Harry Markopolos meets
impact of Bernie Madoff case on
Inspector General investigation
international financial court
and Kotz
meeting with Shapiro
post Bernie Madoff arrest
represents Harry Markopolos
on SEC excuses
on SEC legal incompetency
Senate Banking Committee hearing
Kanjorski, Paul
Kennedy, Kelly
Khuzami, Robert
Kotz, David
BDO mishandling of Harry Markopolos complaint
Congressional investigation
on Grant Ward
Harry Markopolos and
Inspector General investigation
Inspector General report
Mike Ocrant interviewed
report by
visits Bernie Madoff
Kozlowski, Dennis
Kroft, Steve
Lamoure, Peter
Lawyers
Lay, Ken
Leary, Kevin
Le Monde
Line of credit
Littaye, Patrick
Little Dorrit (Dickens)
Locks
Logue, Ron
Long-Term Capital Management crisis
Long volatility
L’Oreal family
Lynch, Peter
Lynch, Steven
Madoff, Bernie:
admits fraud
arrest by FBI
arrest in news
asset management firm
audited financial statements
audit firms
cash shortage
damage done by
de la Villehuchet on
employee treatment
in Europe
excuses for investing with
explanations by
family members involvement
feeder funds
as fraud
fund sizes
on Harry Markopolos
industry knowledge about
investigation of
investment levels
Kotz visits in jail
leveraged money
London-based funds of funds avoids
Mike Ocrant interviews
modeling of, by others
news reports of
operations of
origins of investigation of
rates charged by
registers with SEC
Rene-Thierry de la Villehuchet on
reputation of
returns
on SEC competence
SEC investigation of
second set of books
SEC visits
size of fraud by
trading records
troubles of
Madoff investigation team . See also Casey, Frank; Chelo, Neil; Kachroo, Gaytri; Markopolos, Harry; Ocrant, Mike
Madoff Investment Securities LLC,
Madoff Securities
Makefield Securities
Maloney, Carolyn
Mamis, Justin
Manion, Edward:
bounty program
competency of
frustration
Harry Markopolos and
Harry Markopolos meets Mike Garrity
Harry Markopolos on
Harry Markopolos visits Boston SEC
position risk
post Bernie Madoff arrest
public acknowledgment of role
support from
Manion, Mary Ann
Marcelino, Juan
MARHedge
Bernie Madoff interview in
database
reporting
Market crash of 1987
Market intelligence
Market makers
Market timing
Market timing cases
Market Wizards (Schwager)
Markopolos, Faith
Markopolos, Harry:
career
broker experience
at Darien Capital Management
European trip
fraud investigation beginnings
fraud investigation efforts
fraud investigation experience
leaves Rampart
post Bernie Madoff arrest
at Rampart
reverse engineering
role of
work future
Congress
congressional investigation
congressional testimony
Senate Banking Committee hearing
early life
background of
early career of
early life of
early years of
paternal lessons on right and wrong
family
carries gun to protect
children of
danger, concerns about
family at risk
Louie Markopolos
marriage of
threat response
François de Flaghac
friendships
interview by friends
Jonathan Sokobin
Madoff investigation on Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff confession activities
plan to expose Bernie Madoff
post Bernie Madoff arrest
reverse engineering
role of
WSJ story
meetings with Gaytri Kachroo
John Wilke
Mary Schapiro
Mike Garrity
Scott Franzblau
opinions
Bernie Madoff on
on SEC
SEC contact
final submission to SEC
SEC deposition
second fraud complaint
summary of reports to SEC by
support for NY SEC office
“The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud”
visits SEC
See also Casey, Frank; Chelo, Neil; de la Villehuchet, Rene-Thierry; Kachroo, Gaytri; Ocrant, Mike
Markopolos, Louie
Markopolos, Pam
Massachusetts Securities Division
Math error
Matter Under Inquiry (MUI)
McCarter & English
McKeefrey, Mark
Media leaks
Medical frauds
Mehta, Andre
Merkley, Jeff
Merrill Lynch
Michael, Phil
Michel, Prince
Mick, Joe
Military experience
Minding Mr. Market (Grant)
Mobsters
Mollohan, Alan
Money laundering
Moran, Matt
Morgan Stanley
Mortgage-backed securities
Mortgages
Municipal bonds
NakedShorts (Internet site)
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
New option trading scheme
News reports
New York Times
Ng, Tim
Numerical assessment
Obama, Barack
Ocrant, Mike
on Bernie Madoff’s Jewish connection
calls Bernie Madoff
Clinton cattle trading scam
continued activities of
early life of
education and early career
Fairfield Greenwich returns
Greg Zuckerman
hedge funds investigation
impact of Bernie Madoff case on
at Institutional Investor
interviews Bernie Madoff
joins team
meets Frank Casey
meets John Wilke
post Bernie Madoff arrest
public acknowledgment of role
reports to Commodity Futures Trading Commission
role of
SEC interview
urges reporting
OEX index call options
OEX index put options
Office of Economic Analysis
Offshore funds
One-third rule
Open interest
Oppenheimer Funds
Oprah
Option-based product development
Option Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) tapes. See also trade tickets
Options
Option transactions
Order flow
and market intelligence
payments for
Organized crime
Over-the-counter market
Parkway Capital
Payne, Gerald
Pearlman, Lou
Penna, Nick
Personal danger
Petters, Tom
Pharmaceutical fraud
Picower, Jeffrey
Plaintiff’s firms
Plan administrators
Police department
Ponzi, Charles
Ponzi schemes
examples of
Harry Markopolos describes to SEC
human damage from
mechanics of
new money requirements
Weisman on
Ponzi scheme vs. front-running
Potemkin trading desk (front)
Professional ethics
Proof, legal vs. mathematical
Prospect Capital
Putnam Investments
Quants (quantitative analysts)
Qui tam cases
Qui tam provisions
Rampart Investment Management Company
Rampart Option Management System
Rampart Option Statistical Advantage
Rating agencies
Red flags
Regulatory corruption
Reid, Douglas
Realtors
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Reporting
Reverse engineering
Rewards
Ricciardi, Walter
Rich, Mark
Richards, Lori
Risk assumption
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Rosenthal, Stu
Royal Bank of Canada
Royalty
Russian default
Russian mafia
S&P 500
S&P 500 options
Sailing
Scannell, Peter
Schadt, Rudi
Schapiro, Mary
Schulman, Diane
Schumer, Chuck
Schwager, Jack
Secrecy
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC):
2005 submission disclosure
audits
BDO mishandles Harry Markopolos filing
Bernie Madoff and
bounty program
changes at
Chuck Schumer call to
in congressional hearings
criminal investigation
damage by inaction of
danger from
disregards Harry Markopolos complaint
Division of Enforcement actions
double standard
examination team
excuses
first report to
Harry Markopolos meets Garrity
Harry Markopolos on
Harry Markopolos reports fraud to
Harry Markopolos visits
ignores Harry Markopolos complaint
impact on
incompetence of
informal inquiry
Inspector General
Inspector General findings
Inspector General investigation
Inspector General review
investigation of Bernie Madoff
jurisdictional problems
liability of
MARHedge reporting
market timing complaint
New York regional office
New York office incompetence
Office of Economic Analysis
origins of
post BM arrest cover-up
powers of
regulatory priorities
rejects Harry Markopolos market timing investigation
resignations from
sovereign immunity and negligence
systemic incompetence
visits Madoff
warnings from others
whistleblower program
See also Cheung, Meaghan; Garrity,Mike; Kotz, David; Manion, Edward; Ward, Grant:
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) teams:
accounting
audit
enforcement
examination
inspection
investigative
Securities Exchange Company
Security
Segel, Jim
Seghers, Conrad
Self-regulation
Senate Banking Committee
Sennen (sailing vessel)
Sherman, Brad
Short volatility
60 Minutes
Skilling, Jeff
Slatkin, Reed
Social networking
Société Générale
Sokobin, Jonathan
Sorkin, Ira Lee
Sovereign immunity and negligence
Spitzer, Eliot
Split-strike conversion strategy
State Street Corporation
Steiber, Heide
Stein, Ben
Stock picking
Strategy analysis
Structured products
Subsidization theory
Suh, Simona
Suicides
Sutton, Willie
Tax havens
Taxpayers Against Fraud . See also whistleblowers
Taylor, Hunt
Teahan, Kathleen
Teams. See fraud investigation team; Madoff investigation team
Terrorists
Tewksbury Investment Fund
Theft
The Nature of Risk (Mamis)
“The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud” (Harry Markopolos)
Thomsen, Linda
Thorp, Edward
“To Catch a Thief” (Absolute Return)
To Catch a Thief (movie)
Trade tickets
Trading violations
Treasury bill (T-bill) holdings
Tremont (fund)
U.S. Coast Guard
Venus Cafe
Vijayvergiya, Amit
Neil Chelo talks with
Volatility
Vollmer, Andrew
Wall Street crimes
Wall Street Journal
Walsh, John
Ward, Grant
Washington Post
Wedding ring
Weil, Joseph
Weisman, Andrew
Werner, Chuck
Whistleblower program
Whistleblowers
compensation
fate of
funds to reward
hotline for industry
White, Jeb
Whitman, Massachusetts police department
Wickford Fund
Wilke, John
activities of
cancer
Wilson, Chris
Winnick, Burt
Witherspoon, David
Yardley Financial Services
Zucker, Bill
Zuckerman, Greg
Photo Insert
My family owned several Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips restaurants, where I got my start in the numbers game. It was also there that I made my first foray into fraud investigation when I caught a chef stealing fish.
PHOTO CREDIT: Niagara Falls (Ontario) Public Library.
Frank Casey on Wall Street. Casey first brought the Bernard Madoff case to my attention in 1999.
PHOTO CREDIT: © 2009 Orjan F. Ellingvag/Dagens Naringsliv/Corbis.
Casey (left) worked with me at Rampart Investment Management from 1998 to 2001. Here he shares a table with me at a Rampart executive’s birthday party in April 2000.
PHOTO CREDIT: © David Woo.
Neil Chelo, who worked with me to uncover the Madoff fraud, was interviewed for a news story by CNBC’s Mary Thompson in February 2009.
PHOTO CREDIT: © February 2009 Jeremy Gollehon with credit to Steve Bargelt.
Michael Ocrant became a member of our team after learning about Madoff from Frank Casey and beginning his
