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For other people with the same surname, see Madoff (surname). For the miniseries, see Madoff (miniseries). Bernard Lawrence Bernie Madoff (/ËmeÉªdÉf/; born April 29, 1938) is an American fraudster and a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.
Ex-Nasdaq chairman Bernard Madoff arrested on fraud charge. Bernard Madoff. The manager of an exclusive hedge fund for the mega-rich and a pioneering force on Wall Street was arrested Thursday and charged with running a $50billion Ponzi scheme in what may rank among the biggest frauds ever.