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Many Madoff Victims to Get Everything They Lost

By JNi.Media

A list of 1,264 accounts out of a total of 2,227, more than half of all of swindler Bernard Madoff’s victims who invested up to $1.161 million “will get it back,”

Business and Economy / News Briefs / US

Five Madoff Employees Found Guilty in Ponzi Scheme

By Jewish Press Staff

A federal jury Monday found five former employees of Bernard Madoff guilty of knowingly being involved in the biggest Ponzi scheme in history and rejected their claims that they were just following orders. The defendants’ testified that Madoff was the only one who knew of the swindle, but assistant U.S. attorney John T. Zach had […]

Jewish / News Briefs

Madoff Says His Scheme Was Not Betrayal of Jews

By JTA

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff said in a prison interview that he does not feel he “betrayed the Jews.” Madoff, 70, is serving a 150-year sentence at the medium-security federal prison in Butner, N.C., for a scheme believed to be the largest of its kind in U.S. history — one that affected a disproportionate number of […]

Jewish / News Briefs / US

JP Morgan to Pay $1.7 Billion to Madoff Fraud Victims

By Jewish Press News Desk

J.P. Morgan Chase will pay $1.7 billion to victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi fraud scheme, according to deal announced by the Justice Department’s prosecutors, who agreed to delay criminal charges against the bank. The financial institution is charged with violating the Bank Secrecy Act, and charges will be delayed for two years pending the […]

News Briefs / US

Police Arrest LA Man Accused of Defrauding Iranian-American Jews

By JTA

The FBI has arrested a Los Angeles man who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme targeting the city's Iranian Jewish community. Shervin Davatgarzadeh, also known as Shervin Neman, was taken into custody on suspicion of defrauding $3 million from mostly Jewish Iranian-American investors, the FBI said. According to the indictment, Davatgarzadeh posed as a hedge fund […]

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How to Avoid Being the Next Ponzi Scheme Victim

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Sadly, as stated above, ZeekRewards is not a one-off story. Apart from desperation to make more money, another possible reason people fall for these schemes is that the scammers may have gotten smarter. However, there are three basic measures that you could follow to protect yourself from falling victim in a financial scheme.

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The Investment Scam That Will Wipe You Out

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Which investment scammer has you in his sights? Who knows? But one thing is for sure - if you start by asking the most basic questions and not believing the unbelievable, you're well on your way to protecting yourself. The scammer will just move on to his next victim.

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