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Ex-Nasdaq Chair Arrested on Fraud Charge in NYC
Friday, December 12, 2008
NEW YORK &#8212;  A former Nasdaq stock market chairman was arrested on a securities fraud charge Thursday, accused of running a fraudulent investment business that lost at least $50 billion before he confessed to senior employees it was a "giant Ponzi scheme," authorities said.
Bernard L. Madoff, his silver hair reflecting the lights of a federal courtroom, was released on $10 million bail secured by his signature and that of his wife. He declined to comment as he walked out of U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Madoff, 70, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, maintained a separate and secretive investment-advising business that served between 11 and 25 clients and had a total of about $17.1 billion in assets under management, prosecutors said.
Late Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a civil securities fraud charge against Madoff and said it was seeking emergency relief for investors, including an asset freeze and the appointment of a receiver for the firm.
Andrew M. Calamari, associate director of enforcement in the SEC's New York office, said the SEC was alleging "a stunning fraud that appears to be of epic proportions."
A criminal complaint signed by FBI Agent Theodore Cacioppi said Madoff told at least three senior employees at his Manhattan apartment Wednesday that the investment adviser business was a fraud and had been insolvent for years, losing at least $50 billion.
Madoff told the employees he was "finished," that he had "absolutely nothing," that "it's all just one big lie" and it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," according to the complaint filed in court.
The employees understood Madoff's admission to mean that "he had for years been paying returns to certain investors out of the principal received from other, different, investors," said the complaint, which did not identify the investors impacted by the scheme.
Cacioppi said one of the employees told him that Madoff was "cryptic" about the firm's investment advisory business and kept its financial statements locked up. The FBI agent said another employee told him that Madoff last week had said clients had asked for about $7 billion in redemptions and he was struggling to meet those obligations but thought he could do so.
Cacioppi said two senior Madoff employees told him that Madoff said during the Wednesday meeting that he planned to surrender to authorities in a week but first wanted to distribute $200 million to $300 million he had left to certain selected employees, family and friends.
Cacioppi said he and another FBI agent arrived Thursday at Madoff's apartment, where Madoff invited them in and acknowledged knowing why they were there.
"After I stated, `We're here to find out if there's an innocent explanation,' Madoff stated, `There is no innocent explanation,"' the agent wrote.
"Madoff stated, in substance, that he had personally traded and lost money for institutional clients, and that it was all his fault," Cacioppi said.
The agent wrote that Madoff said he had "paid investors with money that wasn't there" and that he was broke and insolvent and had decided that "it could not go on" and that he expected to go to jail.
Defense lawyer Dan Horwitz called Madoff "a person of integrity" and said he intends to fight the charge.
If convicted, Madoff could face up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $5 million.
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ranks among the top 1 percent of U.S. securities firms, according to the company's Web site.
In 2001, Barron's reported that Madoff's firm was one of the three top market makers in Nasdaq stocks and the third-largest firm matching buyers and sellers of securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shortly after leaving law school, Madoff founded his firm in 1960. It was one of five broker-dealers most closely involved in developing the Nasdaq Stock Market, where he served as a member of the board of governors in the 1980s and as chairman of the board of directors.
Prosecutors noted in a release that the company Web site boasts: "Clients know that Bernard Madoff has a personal interest in maintaining an unblemished record of value, fair-dealing and high ethical standards that has always been the firm's hallmark."

TRADUCCION AUTOMATICA:
NUEVA YORK - El antiguo mercado de valores Nasdaq presidente fue detenido en un cargo de fraude de valores jueves, acusado de dirigir un negocio fraudulento de inversi&#243;n que perdi&#243; por lo menos $ 50 millones antes de que &#233;l confes&#243; a los altos empleados se trataba de un "plan de Ponzi gigante", dice autoridades. 

Bernard L. Madoff, su cabello de plata que refleja las luces de una sala de audiencias federal, fue puesto en libertad en $ 10 millones garantizados por la fianza de su firma y la de su esposa. &#201;l se neg&#243; a comentar como &#233;l sali&#243; de los EE.UU. en el Tribunal de Distrito de Manhattan. 

Madoff, 70, el fundador de Bernard L. Madoff de Inversiones Securities LLC, mantiene un secreto y asesorar a la inversi&#243;n empresarial que sirve entre 11 y 25 de los clientes y hab&#237;a un total de aproximadamente $ 17,1 mil millones en activos bajo administraci&#243;n, los fiscales dijo. 

Jueves tarde, la Securities and Exchange Comisi&#243;n anunci&#243; un civil cargo de fraude de valores contra Madoff y dijo que estaba tratando de socorro de emergencia para los inversores, incluyendo una congelaci&#243;n de activos y el nombramiento de un receptor para la empresa. 

Andrew M. Calamari, director asociado de la ejecuci&#243;n en la SEC de la oficina de Nueva York, dijo que la SEC estaba basado en "un impresionante fraude que parece ser de proporciones &#233;picas". 

Una denuncia penal firmada por agente del FBI dice Theodore Cacioppi dijo Madoff al menos tres altos empleados de su apartamento de Manhattan mi&#233;rcoles que el asesor de inversiones de negocios fue un fraude y ha sido insolvente durante a&#241;os, perdiendo por lo menos $ 50 millones. 

Madoff dijo a los empleados fue "terminado", que hab&#237;a "absolutamente nada", que "est&#225;n a s&#243;lo una gran mentira" y que era "b&#225;sicamente, un gigantesco plan de Ponzi", de acuerdo a la denuncia presentada en el tribunal. 

Los empleados Madoff entiende la admisi&#243;n en el sentido de que "hab&#237;a sido durante a&#241;os el pago de retornos a ciertos inversores de los principales recibido de otros, diferentes, los inversores", dijo la denuncia, que no identificar a los inversores afectados por el r&#233;gimen. 

Cacioppi dice uno de los empleados le dijo que Madoff fue "cr&#237;ptico" acerca de la empresa de inversi&#243;n de asesoramiento empresarial y mantener sus estados financieros bajo llave. El agente del FBI dijo otro empleado le dijo que Madoff la semana pasada hab&#237;a dicho hab&#237;a pedido a los clientes por alrededor de $ 7 mil millones en amortizaciones y &#233;l estaba luchando para hacer frente a esas obligaciones, pero pensaba que pod&#237;a hacerlo. 

Cacioppi dijo Madoff dos altos empleados le dijo que Madoff dijo el mi&#233;rcoles durante el encuentro que ten&#237;a previsto entregar a las autoridades en una semana, pero primero quer&#237;a distribuir $ 200 millones a 300 millones de d&#243;lares que hab&#237;a dejado a determinados empleados, familiares y amigos. 

Cacioppi dijo que &#233;l y otro agente del FBI lleg&#243; jueves a las Madoff del apartamento, donde les invit&#243; Madoff y reconoci&#243; en saber por qu&#233; estaban all&#237;. 

"Despu&#233;s me dijo,` Estamos aqu&#237; para averiguar si hay una explicaci&#243;n inocente, 'Madoff dijo, `No hay ninguna explicaci&#243;n inocente,"' escribi&#243; el agente. 

"Madoff declar&#243;, en sustancia, que &#233;l personalmente hab&#237;a perdido de comercio y dinero para clientes institucionales, y que todo fue su culpa," dijo Cacioppi. 

El agente que escribi&#243; Madoff dijo que hab&#237;a "pagado con dinero los inversores que no estaba all&#237;" y que se le rompi&#243; y insolvente y ha decidido que "no pod&#237;a seguir" y que espera para ir a la c&#225;rcel. 

Defensa abogado Dan Horwitz Madoff llamado "una persona de integridad" y dijo que la intenci&#243;n de luchar contra la acusaci&#243;n. 

Si es declarada culpable, podr&#237;a enfrentar Madoff hasta 20 a&#241;os de prisi&#243;n y una multa m&#225;xima de 5 millones de d&#243;lares. 

Bernard L. Madoff de Inversiones Securities LLC se encuentra entre la parte superior del 1 por ciento de los EE.UU. las sociedades de valores, de acuerdo con la empresa del sitio Web. 

En 2001, Barron's inform&#243; de que la empresa Madoff fue uno de los tres principales creadores de mercado en el Nasdaq las existencias y la tercera m&#225;s grande empresa de concordancia compradores y vendedores de valores en la Bolsa de Nueva York. 

Poco despu&#233;s de salir de la escuela de derecho, Madoff fund&#243; su empresa en 1960. Es uno de los cinco agentes-corredores m&#225;s implicados en el desarrollo del Mercado de Valores Nasdaq, donde sirvi&#243; como un miembro de la Junta de Gobernadores en el decenio de 1980 y como presidente de la junta de directores. 

Fiscales se&#241;al&#243; en un comunicado que la empresa dispone de sitio web: "Los clientes saben que Bernard Madoff tiene un inter&#233;s personal en mantener un intachable r&#233;cord de valor, justo-y se ocupan altos est&#225;ndares &#233;ticos que siempre ha sido el sello distintivo de la empresa".
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