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  • Where's the Madoff Money?  Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 1:52 PM ET

    The Madoff bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard is preparing to return another half billion dollars to the victims, for a total of around $5 billion, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.

  • Tracing Madoff's Money, New Details Emerge  Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 8:42 AM ET

    A payday for victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, as the trustee rounding up the fraudulent funds is set to give back more of it, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.

  • Bank Austria loses Madoff fund case in Vienna Friday, 8 Feb 2013 | 8:00 AM ET

    VIENNA, Feb 8- An Austrian court has ruled against Bank Austria in a case brought by an investor over a fund linked to Bernard Madoff, the U.S. financier convicted of fraud.

  • *K1 founder Helmut Kiener, accomplice, charged. Feb 7- A German hedge fund founder convicted in his home country of running a Ponzi scheme faces U.S. charges along with an accomplice over frauds that cost investors more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

  • *Change will require backing from SEC, says FINRA chief. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Chairman and CEO Richard Ketchum said there was no sign it can convince lawmakers in Washington to support a change in the way the advisers are regulated anytime soon.

  • CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan 31- A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced the founder of Peregrine Financial Group to 50 years in prison for looting hundreds of millions of dollars from the brokerage, saying his customers would probably never recover the money they lost.

  • CHICAGO, Jan 30- Russell Wasendorf Sr., who admitted looting more than $100 million from futures broker Peregrine Financial Group, expects to die behind bars even if a judge ignores prosecutors and imposes a lenient sentence at a hearing on Thursday.

  • *9th Circuit says SEC had not waived immunity. *Investors said SEC gave Madoff "implied stamp of approval". The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California said a federal district judge correctly dismissed their lawsuit seeking to hold the SEC responsible under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

  • The SEC has offered the job of inspector general to Capitol Police Inspector General Carl W. Hoecker, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Both Hoecker and an SEC spokesman declined to comment.

  • NEW YORK, Jan 25- A federal appeals court signaled that victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud more than four years ago might be allowed to eventually sue the swindler's family members over their losses, if they're willing to wait longer.

  • U.S. SEC settlements reach highest level since 2007 Monday, 14 Jan 2013 | 2:32 PM ET

    The biannual report by NERA Economic Consulting found that the overall number of Securities and Exchange Commission settlements increased by 6.6 percent in fiscal 2012 over fiscal 2011..

  • UPDATE 2-SEC enforcement chief Khuzami is leaving Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 5:46 PM ET

    Khuzami follows SEC chairman Mary Schapiro and several other high-profile SEC officials who have stepped down since President Barack Obama's re-election in November. The SEC did not name a replacement for Khuzami, who is expected to leave at the end of the month.

  • SEC Enforcement Chief Khuzami Departs Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 3:37 PM ET

    Robert Khuzami, the enforcement director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who worked to rebuild the SEC's tarnished image after the Madoff scandal and the financial crisis, is departing the agency, the SEC announced on Wednesday.

  • WASHINGTON, Jan 9- Robert Khuzami, the enforcement director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who worked to rebuild the SEC's tarnished image after the Madoff scandal and the financial crisis, is departing the agency, the SEC announced on Wednesday.

  • Dear CNBC... A Letter From Bernie Madoff  Wednesday, 26 Dec 2012 | 11:19 AM ET

    Scott Cohn reports CNBC got a Christmas Eve letter from Bernie Madoff with his thoughts on insider trading. (2:29)

  • Madoff's Younger Brother Sentenced to 10 Years Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 6:06 PM ET
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    Peter Madoff will serve 10 years in prison for his role in his older brother's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, a U.S. judge said Thursday.

  • Did Marc Dreier Get the Punishment He Deserved? Thursday, 8 Nov 2012 | 2:10 PM ET

    Convicted of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering, prosecutors asked that Marc Dreier serve 145 years in prison, but he was ultimately sentenced to just 20 years.

  • French prosecutor wants to question Madoff, UBS -source Thursday, 25 Oct 2012 | 7:20 PM ET

    PARIS, Oct 25- France's prosecutor has asked an investigating judge to question jailed swindler Bernard Madoff and Swiss bank UBS as part of a probe of investor losses from Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, a judicial source told Reuters.

  • White Collar 'Country Club' Prisons? Not So Much Monday, 22 Oct 2012 | 4:42 PM ET

    While many people believe convicted white collar criminals are condemned to nothing worse than being locked up in a “country club,” the fact is that there really is no such thing, CNBC's Scott Cohn reports.

  • Elie Wiesel survives Madoff wipeout, heart bypass Monday, 8 Oct 2012 | 1:49 PM ET

    NEW YORK-- When Elie Wiesel emerged from quintuple heart bypass surgery, still wired to monitors, he immediately started writing a book about the ordeal _ "in my head."

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