The Madoff Fraud: Unwinding a Ponzi Empire (Part 2)

An interview with David Sheehan

In late 2008, Bernard L. Madoff admitted to orchestrating the longest and largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a crime spanning decades and defrauding investors of over $20 billion. David Sheehan, Chief Counsel to the trustee for the Madoff victims, discusses the fraud of the century.

Watch Part 1 of The Madoff Fraud: Unwinding a Ponzi Empire.


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