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In his important documentary about the bernard madoff scandal, chasing madoff, you sense jeff prosserman is taking the wrong approach. Chasing madoff jeff prosserman jeff prosserman jeff prosserman 2011 securities analyst harry markopolos and his team of investigators spend 10 years trying to blow the lid off bernie madoff s devastating ponzi scheme. The wizard of lies is not, in that sense, a woeisme drama, but rather a bathetic woeisthey affair. An analyst and his team spend 10 years trying to expose bernie madoffs ponzi scheme. Aug 26, 2011 at the films end, the titles include a dedication to those who will fall in the next financial crisis pretty much a sure thing in the markets mr. Madoff also owned a prestigious brokerdealer firm, madoff securities, which was a major marketmaker in overthecounter and nyselisted stocks.
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