One man almost ruled the world #shorts

12 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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The short, narrated by The Art of Crypto, recounts the massive fraud perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, a former NASDAQ chairman, who ran a $65 billion Ponzi scheme. By using new investors’ money to pay returns to earlier investors, Madoff created an illusion of consistent success, attracting high‑profile clients. The scheme collapsed in 2008 when liquidity‑strained investors demanded withdrawals, exposing the fraud. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, and victims never recovered their losses.

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The heist that brought the world's financial system to its knee was a $65 billion fraud orchestrated by a Wall Street titan. Bernie Madoff, a well-respected financier and former chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange, had orchestrated the biggest financial fraud in history. The Ponzi scheme involved using funds from new investors to pay out returns to existing investors, all while keeping up the illusion of success. Using a combination of charm, deceit, and outright lies, Madoff had managed to convince some of the world's most high-profile investors that he had the secret to their financial success. Scheme eventually fell apart in 2008 when investors who were low on liquidity started demanding their money back, and Madoff was exposed as a fraud. He was then sentenced to 150 years in prison, but his victims were never able to recover a single cent, making this