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Bernie Madoff‌​‌‌‍‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‍‍‍​​‌‍‌​

Founder, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS)
Tracked Madoff fraud sat inside JPMorgan accounts for 22 years; same bank later faced settlement over Epstein. Mapping the BLMIS network surfaces the institutional pattern.
// Editorial summary — AI-generated from public records

American financier who orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history (~$65B in fictitious account balances). Former chairman of NASDAQ (1990–1993). Arrested December 11, 2008; sentenced to 150 years June 29, 2009. Died April 14, 2021 at FMC Butner.

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Connections mapped7
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founder_principal
Madoff founded BLMIS in 1960 and ran it as principal until the December 2008 collapse.
← Entity #150
banking_client
Madoff personally and BLMIS banked at JPMorgan Chase from 1986 to 2008. Bank's failure to file SARs on suspicious BLMIS activity formed the basis of the 2014 DOJ deferred prosecution agreement.
→ Entity #11362
parent_child
Father–son. Andrew co-directed BLMIS market-making; reported his father's confession to authorities Dec 10, 2008; died of lymphoma 2014.
→ Entity #11357
employer_employee
DiPascali ran the operational mechanics of the BLMIS Ponzi scheme as Madoff's long-serving lieutenant; cooperator after pleading guilty August 2009.
→ Entity #11361
parent_child
Father–son. Mark co-directed BLMIS market-making; reported his father's confession to the FBI Dec 10, 2008; died by suicide on the second anniversary of the arrest.
→ Entity #11356
sibling
Brothers. Peter served as BLMIS Chief Compliance Officer throughout the fraud and was sentenced to 10 years in 2012.
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Fresh Last update: 17d ago · Avg age: 17d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (7) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Died April 14, 2021 at the Federal Medical Center, Butn‌​‌‌‍‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‍‍‍​​‌‍‌​er, North Carolina, while serving his 150-year sentence.
Date: 2021-04-14 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review Sentenced to 150 years in federal prison on June 29, 2‌​‌‌‍‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‍‍‍​​‌‍‌​009 by Judge Denny Chin, SDNY — the statutory maximum.
Date: 2009-06-29 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review Pleaded guilty March 12, 2009 to 11 federal felonies including securities fraud, investment-adviser fraud, m‌​‌‌‍‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‍‍‍​​‌‍‌​ail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, false statements, perjury, and theft from an employee benefit plan.
Date: 2009-03-12 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review On December 11, 2008 the SEC filed civil charges (08-CV-10791, SDNY) alleging a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme operated through BLMIS's investment-advisory arm.
Date: 2008-12-11 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review Arrested by FBI on December 11, 2008 at his Manhattan apartment after confessing to his sons that the asset-management business was "one big lie."
Date: 2008-12-11 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review Madoff served as non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market in 1990, 1991, and 1993.
Date: 1990-01-01 Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review Bernard L. Madoff founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS) in 1960, initially as a penny-stock market-maker.
Date: 1960-01-01 Added: 20 Apr 2026
All Connections (7)
→ Entity #11355
founder_principal primary since 1960-01-01
Madoff founded BLMIS in 1960 and ran it as principal until the December 2008 collapse.
→ Entity #11362
parent_child primary
Father–son. Andrew co-directed BLMIS market-making; reported his father's confession to authorities Dec 10, 2008; died of lymphoma 2014.
→ Entity #11357
employer_employee primary
DiPascali ran the operational mechanics of the BLMIS Ponzi scheme as Madoff's long-serving lieutenant; cooperator after pleading guilty August 2009.
→ Entity #11361
parent_child primary
Father–son. Mark co-directed BLMIS market-making; reported his father's confession to the FBI Dec 10, 2008; died by suicide on the second anniversary of the arrest.
→ Entity #11356
sibling primary
Brothers. Peter served as BLMIS Chief Compliance Officer throughout the fraud and was sentenced to 10 years in 2012.
← Entity #8
shared_institutional_failure inferential since 2008-12-11
Both Epstein and Madoff were long-term JPMorgan Chase banking clients whose accounts received internal compliance warnings that the bank chose not to escalate via Suspicious Activity Reports. JPMorgan paid $2.6B (Madoff DPA, Jan 2014) and $290M (Epstein USVI civil settlement, 2023) over its handling of these two clients — the same institution, the same compliance-override pattern, two of the largest financial-misconduct cases of the 21st century.
← Entity #150
banking_client primary since 1986-01-01
Madoff personally and BLMIS banked at JPMorgan Chase from 1986 to 2008. Bank's failure to file SARs on suspicious BLMIS activity formed the basis of the 2014 DOJ deferred prosecution agreement.
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