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Published 11/06/2009 by World Socialist Web Site


Documents reveal SEC complicity in Madoff Ponzi scheme

Documents relating to the investigation of Bernard Madoff released last Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlight the complicity of the US regulatory agencies in one of the biggest financial frauds in history.

Madoff pleaded guilty on March to 11 felonies, for which he was sentenced to...

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