You are expected to answer the following questions:
1) Who is Bernie Madoff? (i.e., provide a brief background about Bernie Madoff biography)
2) Describe how a Ponzi Scheme works and explain the similarity between Bernie Madoff and Charles
Ponzi?
3) What type of investors did Bernie target?
4) What were the strategies Bernie used to convince his investors and never get them suspicious?
5) How did he conceal his fraud inside the company? Were there other players involved?
6) How could he conceal his fraud from the regulator “Securities and Exchange Commission”?
7) What were the fraud allegations presented by financial analyst “Harry Markopolos” to the SEC and
what was the SEC’s reaction to them?
8) How much did Bernie steal and what did Bernie do with the stolen money?
9) When and how did the entire scandal broke?
10) What were the penalties imposed on Bernie?
11) What were the long-run negative effects of his fraud on the victimized investors and his own family
(Wife and Sons)?
12) What were the reforms made by SEC to reduce the chances of such fraud in the future?
13) What are the lessons you personally learned after studying about Bernie Madoff scandal?
All assignments must be typed and include the followings
Cover page must state clearly the title of the assignment, group member names, course title and code, academic semester, name of instructor and date.
Questions listed in the previous section shall be considered as guidance to the required points that need to be covered in the assignment. However, the assignment should be written in an Essay format (Introduction, Body and Conclusion).
Kindly note that when answering the assignment questions, you are NOT limited to answer based on the above listed videos only. You are also expected to search on the web and read further about the scandal. Therefore, you will be expected to also include a reference list at the end of the assignment which includes the additional resources you used (using APA style).
Plagiarism: paper will be checked against plagiarism. If existed, the deduction amount will be decided by the instructor in accordance with the university policy. Each member in the group must submit a scanned and signed copy of the Declaration of Academic Honesty and Plagiarism form along with the assignment submission.
The paper should contain no spelling mistakes, is properly structured with appropriate headings and titles, and numbered.
The paper must not be less than 5 pages excluding cover page and reference list with line spacing 1.5.
The Due date of the assignment is on Thursday March 3rd, 2022.
Only Soft Copy is required and submission should be through the safe assignment link on Blackboard.
The peer evaluation form submission is optional and can be submitted along with the assignment on
due date. The deduction amount will be decided by the instructor.
The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. Watch the documentary in the below links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqGSmTPtOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3sHrVOddw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjFIb0g6vE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVRysd1Ohvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjNV66Yr0fk
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