Overview
Some $68 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoffās epic confidence game. Two people were driven to suicide in the wake of the Ponzi Schemeās exposure. Others went to prison. But there has never been a satisfying accounting for how Bernie got away with so much, for so long. Until now.
Richard Beharās relationship with Madoff began in 2011 with a simple email request from the inmate. By the time Madoff died in 2021, he had sent Behar more than 300 emails and dozens of handwritten letters, participated in some fifty phone conversations, and sat for three in-person jailhouse interviewsāa level of access provided to no other reporter. Behar also established relationships with hundreds of regulators, prosecutors, FBI agents, investors, Wall Street experts, ex-employees of Madoffās, family members, school classmates, and others.
The result is the final word on the criminal behind historyās most enduring fraudāand on those who believed him, covered for him, or locked him up. Behar illuminates not only the fraudās originsādecades earlier than Madoff claimed in his confessionābut also the complicity of investors, Wall Street insiders, family members, and some of the largest banks in the US and Europe.
Shocking, infuriating, riveting (and at times absurdly funny), Madoff shows us how Bernie ensnared thousands of investors. As Beharās dogged reporting over the last fifteen years makes clear, however, there arenāt many innocents left standing by the end of this tale. Just about everyone involved is guilty, at a minimum, of humanityās most consistent weakness: greed.
This book title, Madoff (The Final Word), ISBN: 9781476726892, by Richard Behar, published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster (July 9, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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