60 Minutes The Man Who Knew (Part 2)

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

Tags:

• madoff
• markopolos

[badsign1980]

so the greedy jews lost their money to even a greedier jew... my heart is broken...

[VoiceOfReezun]

Markopolos is a smart, sort of weird guy isn't he?

[shanna1950]

it's all about GREED

[fobolsjov]

@VoiceOfReezun its intelligence.. its the new thing. well.. in most of the world.

[fobolsjov]

when you give somebody money you have to take some responsibility yourself. you could ask your self what a charity organisation or a pension fund is doing with a guy like this. its like people who gets angry when they realize that george bush lied about iraq. when somebody got a deal and its so good that you cant turn down its a good idea to think twice.

[ThePayola123]

Wealthy Americans on average have terrible taste.

Ugly homes, hideous clothes. No taste, no breeding. They are simply nouveau riche.

[BAWBAG100]

when are they gonna release Chasing madoff ON DVD ?, SEEMS IM NOT ALLOWED TO BUY HIRE OR DOWNLOAD IT AT THE MOMENT

[Amph1tryons]

Honestly, it kind of makes me sick that we are meant to feel bad for these people who "lost everything" (except their health, their liberty, their family, and 2 7-figure houses). Ohh no, the Jewish grandpa might have to do something undignified like work part-time as a Wal-Mart greeter. Yes, 15 million people died last year of lack of access to drinking water, and this is the real tragedy!

[Amph1tryons]

"Do you have any money to live on?" "Enough for about 60 days."

The amount of money this guy needs to live for 60 days (I'm guessing about $15k) the average person in the developing world could make last years. Also, they didn't "lose" an 8-figure family fortune because it wasn't their money to begin with. They got mega-rich stealing other people's money - their losing that money was simply a correction.

[disengagejam]

@HollywoodSheen -- i agree, Inside Job was an amazing documentary ... so good it actually scared me of what this country is capable of !!!

[GMK20]

Harry Markopolos, Should be the Chairman of NASDAQ not madfuck