60 Minutes The Man Who Knew (Part 1)

60 Minute (2009) piece on Harry Markopolos, the man who first tried to blow the whistle on Bernie Madoff. He was scoffed at for suggesting that a person as powerful and successful as Madoff could be a fraud. This is a lesson for all those who think that certain people are above reproach or suspicion. Even though I think the folks who suggest that President Obama was not born in the US are way off base (if not obsessed), I think that every suspicion should be investigated and either confirmed or proven wrong.

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News & Politics

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• Markopolos
• Madoff

[nfnkalyan]

i like how proud he is of his calculus classes.

[HollywoodSheen]

The SEC is such a fucking joke

[JSavic]

This goes WAY beyond Madoff - who was just a front man / fall guy. Where is the money ? How do you spend $50 billion ? Surely Ruth Madoff didn't spend it all on shoes & handbags ?

That kind of money could buy a lot of weapons for Israel.

[Vazquez71]

@nfnkalyan lol..good point..

[ThePayola123]

Bernie Madoff wasn't an important insider. The real big time criminals are unknown and run Wall Street from behind the scene.

[ThePayola123]

The quality of people running this country has declined dramatically, particularly since the Reagan Presidency.

[BAWBAG100]

how many people out there have actually watched chasing madoff ? , seems i cant buy it hiire it or even go to the cinema to watch it . mmmmmmmmmm :)

[klesks8686]

@nfnkalyan

lol, the classes he listed are all basic math courses that I took in my first 2 years of college. He thinks he's so clever.

[Maradoesthelaw]

This guy is no holds bar- he doesn't sugar coat it, "because people in glass houses don't throw stones", "I had a financial interest in turning him in," and my favorite was how the SEC could be shown fraud and still not see it.

[nfnkalyan]

@pmanisc that made me laugh. good comment. thanks.

[pmanisc]

@nfnkalyan as he should be

[hellonewman1]

Is this man now employed by the SEC to train numbers people?