It was the financial scandal of the century. One of the most respected figures on Wall Street, a man who was considered to have the investment Midas touch, had not actually invested a dime in the past fifteen years. Instead he’d been running the largest Ponzi scheme in history. In today’s Biographics, we take a look at the stunning rise and cataclysmic fall of Bernie Madoff. Early Years Bernard Lawrence Madoff was born on April 29th, 1938 in Queens New York. His parents, Ralph and Sylv...
