Jättesvindel i USA - Bernie Madoff

"Bernard Madoff is a member in good standing of the Palm Beach Country Club, the exclusive Jewish club on the North End of the island. When I would talk to friends and acquaintances who were members, they often chatted about good old Bernie. The 70-year-old Madoff had been the chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange. He was a brilliantly successful money manager who may well have handled the assets of a majority of the 300 members as well as that of those of a largely Jewish clientele across the eastern United States and a number of wealthy WASPS.---"

"---The news that broke today on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reverberated in Jewish communities across the world.

"A lot of Jewish charities had investments with him," one prominent investor -- who said he had no connection to Madoff -- told The Jewish Journal. "So did a lot of Jews."

The collapse of the Madoff business leaves a mess that is yet to be sorted out and whose victims are just coming to the fore.

But what's already clear is that Madoff used his ties to the Jewish community to garner at least some of his ill-used funds.

Madoff is a trustee of the Yeshiva University and a long-time philanthropist in Jewish circles.---"

"---Reports say the main owner of the New York Mets baseball team, Fred Wilpon, and former American football team owner Norman Braman are among the victims.

Others facing losses reportedly include French bank BNP Paribas, Japan's Nomura Holdings and Zurich's Neue Privat Bank.

Prosecutors say Mr Madoff, ex-head of the Nasdaq stock market, has described the fraud as "one big lie".---"

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