Bernard Madoff

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keith Singer and Jarred Elmar of Insured Returns LLC host a daily financial radio program which focuses on current financial events and low risk retirement growth and income strategies. The program airs daily from 2pm to 3pm on www.wsbrradio.com and on 740am in Boca Raton Florida. On Friday November 6th, 2009 Jeff Sonn will appear on the broadcast to discuss the latest updates on the Scott Rothstein scandal. Jeff Sonn is a partner in Sonn & Erez, a nationally known ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a conference at the Brookings Institution, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said, "from a technical perspective the recession is very likely over." His statement announced the end of the greatest financial crash since the Great Depression. While the worst may be behind us, the lessons of the Great Recession will be relevant forever. From Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme to the collapse of the housing and financial markets, people across the US have been confronted with the consequences of hyper-consumption and greed. "If there's anything we can ...

The $150 Million Echemus Fund Will Underwrite Investigations, Seizures and Recoveries of World-Wide Assets for Fraud Victims BALTIMORE & BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A team of top global commercial fraud lawyers and investment professionals is launching a $150 million investment fund, named Echemus, to underwrite the investigation, seizure and recovery of world-wide assets for victims of fraud. The team is led by Martin Kenney, a renowned commercial fraud lawyer and asset recovery specialist currently engaged in unwinding billions of dollars connected to the Bernard Madoff ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the FBI, and Patricia J. Haynes, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced today that David G. Friehling, the accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC (BLMIS), pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Friehling pleaded guilty to a nine-count superseding information charging him with securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, four counts of filing ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The American Lawyer/Corporate Counsel Litigation 2009 special report reflects the deep challenges faced by litigators in light of the recession: client cutbacks, reduced fees, the growth of alternative billing arrangements and layoffs for the underemployed. The report also profiles big-firm litigators who struck out on their own, the city of Baltimore's closely-watched suit against Wells Fargo for alleged predatory lending practices and new thinking about creation of a world financial court to handle Madoff-scale fraud cases or cross-border disputes between the world's biggest banks. For ...