On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernard L. Madoff confessed that his investment business was all "one big lie," a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $65 billion. In this 2009 documentary, FRONTLINE explored how Madoff became the new poster child for Wall Street gall, greed and corruption. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: 🤍🤍pbs.org/donate Through exclusive television interviews with those closest to Madoff's operation, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith and producer Marcela Gaviria unearthed the details of the world's first global Ponzi scheme — a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history — in The Madoff Affair. Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App where there are more than 300 FRONTLINE documentaries available for you to watch any time: 🤍to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp #Documentary #BernieMadoff #WallStreet Subscribe on YouTube: 🤍bit.ly/1BycsJW Instagram: 🤍🤍instagram.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: 🤍twitter.com/frontlinepbs Facebook: 🤍🤍facebook.com/frontline Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.
This fraud was all over the place. I remember first hearing about it in 2008. It broke down. But a lot of the information I didn't get at the time. Not until Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer put out Body of Lies or whatever it was called. He ruined his family too. One of those in his family committed suicide. I don't know how much each knew but I feel the family had to know something.
Terra Luna brought me here !
Bernie Jackoff
Bienes was a CPA. He was not ignorant of SEC regulations.
Couldn't have had a more appropriate Name - Bernie who made off with everyone's Money!
Lmfaoo I don't believe you bro
Nobody (specifically the feeder investors) knew what was going on, nobody wanted to know what was going on……they were all suspicious but they never really asked questions or pushed the issue…why? Because they were all greedy and as long as the money kept coming in they weren’t going to rock the boat. And Madoff knew this.
Good Morning Oscar
All Madoff victims knew his high return was crooked but greed won over
Bernie just burned the ppl for their greedy nature
rH1Y66IwKvc&t=54m18s 54:18 why is Big Ben striking at 1:41pm? You are interested in proper journalism and not faking things at Frontline are you not?
Jeez, every single fucking person interviewed acts weird,
Looks weird, and gives vibes of a pathological liar !
They are still doing this. In every way an every day
That accountant sounds so greedy and pretends to be ignorant! "God gave us this"
And until this came out, these where ye Gods. Who are ye Gods today?
I would love to see an update a sequel of this great PBS documentary
@ rH1Y66IwKvc&t=6m15s 6:15 looks at the eye's of liar.
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LOL, i the like the way greedy boomers were getting f'd.
do they blame the government when they make alot!