Madoff Talks

Jim Campbell is the host of Business Talk with Jim Campbell, a nationally syndicated radio show. He is known for his tough interviews with major individuals from business, politics, and sports.

No name is more associated with Wall Street's crimes than Bernie Madoff's. Arrested for fraud in 2008, during the height of the global financial crisis, the 70-year-old market maker, investment counselor, and former chairman of the NASDAQ had orchestrated the greatest Ponzi scheme in world history, defrauding thousands of investors worldwide for $65 billion. Questions linger to this day: What motivated him to do it? How long did he get away with it? What information did his relatives have? Who is the enigmatic Bernie Madoff?

Author Jim Campbell gives the most thorough insider account of the Madoff saga to date in one of the best books on financial auditing- Madoff Talks. Based on exclusive interviews with all of the key participants, including the Madoff family and their colleagues, Wall Street wheelers and dealers, an army of lawyers, analysts, and investigators, victims of the fraud, and Bernie Madoff himself, the book reveals:

• what drove a well-known financier to conduct such a large scam, and why did he believe he could get away with it?
• despite many SEC probes, how Madoff managed to keep the scam hidden in plain sight

• the catastrophic failings of Wall Street oversight and how they could occur again
• the full magnitude of the investment losses, as well as the victims' continued quest for justice
• what Ruth Madoff and her family knew and how it ruined them life

Madoff Talks includes the author's first, and most likely only, interviews with Ruth Madoff and defense counsel Ira Sorkin, for which Bernie waived attorney-client privilege, as well as never-before-published details from the author's personal correspondence with Bernie Madoff while incarcerated. The book is a vivid, dramatic work of investigative reporting that takes us beneath the headlines to illustrate the true human cost of Madoff's crimes, as well as a cogent critique of the reforms required to prevent it from happening again.

Author: Jim Campbell

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Madoff-Talks-Uncovering-Biggest-History/dp/126045617X/

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