I’d never heard of Bernie Madoff, even though he’d been stealing my family’s money for years.
The first time I heard his name was in December 2008 when I read about the collapse of his giant fund. A man at the very pinnacle of Wall Street – the former chairman of Nasdaq – had been revealed to be a complete fraud, stealing his clients’ money. In many ways it was the crowning moment of the global financial crisis.
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