Madoff Secrets Go to the Grave
Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime. He also is President of the Overseas Press Club of America, one of the many journalism organizations that protests the arrests of journalists abroad and repression of freedom of speech.
Jeffry Picower, found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool yesterday, was Suspect Number One in terms of what happened to Madoff's billions. Now, Allan Dodds Frank asks, will they ever find the money?
Ruth's $45 Million Stash
Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime. He also is President of the Overseas Press Club of America, one of the many journalism organizations that protests the arrests of journalists abroad and repression of freedom of speech.
Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is My Father's Secret War, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.
Bernie's wife isn't in the clear after all. The U.S. bankruptcy trustee is suing the Ponzi King's wife, claiming he's found nearly $45 million in hidden monies. Are criminal charges next?
Bernie's Fire Sale
Brett Sokol is arts editor at Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive magazine. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, and Slate.
At a Florida auction where Madoff victims sell off everything from Chagall prints to elephant tusks, the nouveau riche bid on bargain-priced luxury goods-and a piece of Ponzi infamy.
Was Madoff 'Victim' and Best Friend an Accomplice?
Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is My Father's Secret War, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.
New evidence suggests Bernie had powerful accomplices in his scheme-philanthropist Norman Levy and a second accountant. Lucinda Franks reports on the international investigation.
Ruth Madoff's Private World
Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is My Father's Secret War, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.
Lavish Palm Beach shopping sprees, a sister-in-law in poverty, quiet movie nights-Lucinda Franks offers an exclusive look at Ruth's life, then and now.
Bernie's John Hancock
Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime. He also is President of the Overseas Press Club of America, one of the many journalism organizations that protests the arrests of journalists abroad and repression of freedom of speech.
What made Bernie do it? The court files now include his bizarre signature, which "graphologists" say reveals avarice, a lack of close connection to humans, and secrecy.
The Bag Lady Papers, Part IV
Alexandra Penney is an artist, best-selling author, former editor-in-chief of Self magazine, and originator, with Evelyn Lauder, of the Pink Ribbon for breast cancer awareness. She had a one-person show at Galerie in Berlin in April and her work was shown at Miami’s Art Basel. She lives in New York, has one treasured son in Los Angeles and more amazing friends than could ever be imagined.
The news that Bernie Madoff remains free on bail is frustrating some Madoff victims-including The Daily Beast's Alexandra Penney who is popping tranquilizers to cope.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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