Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars over decades. His investment advisory business attracted wealthy clients by reporting fake investment gains, using money from new investors to pay earlier ones in a classic Ponzi scheme. Madoff's scheme finally collapsed in 2008 when he confessed to his sons that the business was insolvent and entirely fraudulent.

1. The Bernie Madoff ScandalHow Bernie made off…with millions. Alex Campbell

2. The Man Himself A short background Growing ambition The original Ponzi Then: Now:

3. The Elaborate Scheme The Set-Up The Clientele Why it worked

4. The Jig Was Up How did heget caught? The effects oninvestors An embarrassed SEC Trial and sentencing To the left: How the SEC felt after Madoff’s decade of evasion.