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Madoff’s brother sentenced to 10 years

Peter Madoff will serve 10 years in prison for his role in his older brother's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, a US judge said on Thursday

BNY Mellon unit settles Madoff charges

Victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme are set to receive proceeds from a $210m settlement between Ivy Asset Management and US authorities, say US officials

Madoff victims to receive total $2.5bn

The trustee charged with recovering assets since Madoff confessed to running a Ponzi scheme, says 1,230 account holders were sent payments

Madoff clients in line for $1.5bn payout

The approval of a plan by the trustee overseeing the liquidation of the funds run as a Ponzi scheme will see customers receive their second payout

Peter Madoff pleads guilty to fraud

The brother of Bernard Madoff, founder of a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, pleaded guilty to creating a false paper trail that mislead regulators

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Interactive timeline: The fall of Bernard Madoff

Financial Times has reconstructed the last year of his operation through interviews with dozens of his friends, colleagues and investors

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Comment and analysis

Madoff strikes at the heart of New York Mets

Although a ruling limits the amount the team’s owners may have to pay, they still face claims of almost $400m in fallout from the Madoff Ponzi scheme

The Madoff affair: Along for the ride?

The Madoff affair: As the official trustee tries to reunite investors with their cash, banks in America and Europe are accused of enabling the fraud

Madoff was Wall Street’s problem

Wall Street’s sins are less egregious than those of Bernie Madoff – it did not deliberately steal their money. But the Madoff scandal provides plenty of evidence of corner-cutting and the turning of blind eyes in a quest for revenues, writes John Gapper

Madoff returns to haunt HSBC

Irving Picard has filed a $6.6bn suit against HSBC over the Madoff Ponzi scheme and contends that the bank is, to all intents and purposes, an integral part of the fraud

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Lex

Don’t invest when something looks too good to be true, and you don’t understand how it works

Sentence is necessary and rare

John Gapper

The 71-year-old fraudster’s conduct was indefensible and he deserved what he got, writes John Gapper. But the case was unusual

A bitter dividend

Investment: As Bernard Madoff faces sentencing for perhaps the biggest fraud ever, he leaves behind an industry beset by mutual distrust and harsher regulation

Bernie Madoff’s life of make-believe

A key to his infamy lies in the words ‘split-strike conversion strategy’. That is the explanation he gave for his spectacularly consistent returns, writes Christopher Caldwell

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Madoff brother to plead guilty

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NY Mets owners buy time in Madoff case

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Former SEC lawyer settles Madoff claim

UniCredit wins dismissal in Madoff case

Frustration mounts over Madoff backlog

Madoff associate has assets frozen

Madoff wind-up suffers setback

SEC to re-examine position on Madoff claims

Court favours investors in Madoff scheme

Madoff trustee adds allegations to UBS suit

Madoff trustee sues Abu Dhabi fund

Ruling likely to slash Madoff pay-outs

Madoff trustee collects $1bn from hedge fund

Trustee raises claim against JPMorgan to $19bn

Madoff’s yacht is the talk of Monaco

HSBC in $62m Madoff hedge fund deal