Bernard Madoff

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Investigation Discovery, America's leading investigation network, today announced the premiere of a new series of recurring specials entitled ID INVESTIGATES, which will go behind the headlines to shine a new light on contemporary and newsworthy stories. One year after the Bernard Madoff financial scandal was first revealed ID INVESTIGATES: THE MADOFF MYSTERY will present an eye-opening investigation of Madoff's money trail and the collateral damage it has caused countless families. Respected broadcast journalist and former CBS anchor Thalia Assuras serves as host and narrator for this inaugural special. ID INVESTIGATES: THE MADOFF MYSTERY, produced in partnership with the BBC, premieres on Tuesday, December 8 from 9-10 PM ET on Investigation Discovery. "Launching a high-quality, in-depth documentary strand exemplifies Investigation Discovery's ...

More than 57 Percent of Items Sold to Online Bidders via Proxibid OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Proxibid, the world's largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that more than 57 percent of items from its live webcast of the Gaston & Sheehan U.S. Marshals Service National Jewelry Auction sold to online bidders. This auction included 189 lots of items previously owned by Bernard and Ruth Madoff, of which 47 percent sold to online ...

Citizen Group's Report Puts Cost of Auto Bailout in Perspective ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American taxpayer has put up $12,200 for every General Motors vehicle sold through the beginning of 2011, and $7,600 for every Chrysler vehicle sold as well, according to a new report issued by the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080903/NTUIONLOGO) The report, The Auto Bailout - A Taxpayer Quagmire, authored by NTU Adjunct Scholar Thomas D. Hopkins, Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, does the math on what the government bailout of the auto industry - including General Motors, Chrysler, and GMAC - actually means to American taxpayers, including how much each taxpayer has contributed to the auto industry since December 2008 and how much each vehicle is costing us. "Every time someone in your neighborhood drives home in a shiny new Chevy Silverado, remember that it cost American taxpayers more than $12,000," said ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/18/09 -- CURV Entertainment Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CEGO), a leading producer of original entertainment, announced today that it has commenced principal photography on "Camp Virginovich," a teen comedy in the vein of Sony Pictures' "SUPERBAD" and Universal Pictures' "AMERICAN PIE," on location in and around Los Angeles. The film stars newcomers Xander Jeanneret, Nik Sharma, and Viktoriya Holodriya. Two helpless high school geeks ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bidders paid a total of $2.021 million in an auction held by National Liquidators of three vessels previously owned by Bernard Madoff, a yacht belonging to Frank DiPasquali, Madoff's former CFO, and a Mercedes Benz convertible formerly owned by Ruth Madoff. The auction was held at National Liquidators' marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. National Liquidators is one of the nation's largest boat recovery and auction companies and contractors to the U.S. Marshals Service in South Florida. ...