Stanford, Madoff, and the SEC

But the bottom line is that a guy in the drug trade, with amazing connections to politicians (the latest are Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi), was treated with kid gloves by regulators, who could’ve easily nailed him first but… didn’t. But maybe that’s just a coincidence.

“Stanford employees yelled ‘Ponzi Scheme!’ 3 years ago”, [...]

SEC continually ignored Madoff whistle blowers

SEC defends actions amid Madoff scandal

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SEC ignored letters outlining Madoff’s fraud

Today, de Borchgrave has an interesting piece in the Washington Times further outlining the regulatory incompetence and negligence in the Madoff case when other whistle blowers were blowing their whistles loudly:

A Greek-American friend of Mr. Markopoulos, now in Switzerland, wrote [...]