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Madoff, Bernard L.


United States, Financial Person    (1938-04-29 to 2021-04-14)
• Financier, con-man. Jewish Zionist.
• 2008-12 : Madoff arrested and charged with defrauding investors in a $50+ billion dollar "Ponzi scheme"
• 2009-06 : Madoff convicted of fraud and sentenced to 150 years in prison (See: Reuters story)
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American Jewish Congress   (Advisor of, 1980 to 2008) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 2008 : AJC had invested heavily with Madoff, and lost over 20 million dollars when his pyramid scheme collapsed (See: Forward article)
Merkin, Jacob Ezra   (Associate of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Merkin participated heavily in the Madoff financial fraud, losing billions of dollars for investors -- Duck | Google | Bing