Pending Review
He owed more than $2.15 million in federal income taxes for falsely filing tax returns that underreported his taxable income.
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali perjured himself by giving false, voluntary testimony under oath in 2006 during the SEC's investigation of Madoff's investment firm.
Date: 2006-06-15
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
The SEC complaint, filed simultaneously with his guilty plea, detailed that DiPascali helped generate bogus annual returns of 10-17% by fabricating backdated trades and preparing fake DTC reports.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
He established an account at Madoff's firm around 2002 in the name of his fishing yacht 'Dorothy Jo' without contributing money, then withdrew over $5 million.
Date: 2002-06-15
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
In his allocution, DiPascali admitted his salary and bonuses exceeded $2 million annually and that he withdrew over $5 million from a sham account named after his yacht.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali died of lung cancer on May 7, 2015 at age 58, before being sentenced. His sentencing had been postponed from June to September 2015.
Date: 2015-05-07
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Prosecutors credited his cooperation with recovering billions in assets and securing convictions of 15 others connected to the scheme.
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali testified that he and Madoff fabricated all trading, using historical stock data to create fake trade blotters, and that a specific computer named 'House 17' was used to simulate phantom trading.
Date: 2013-12-05
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
He testified extensively as the government's star witness at the five-month trial of five former Madoff employees in U.S. v. Bonventre et al. (10-cr-228, SDNY), spending multiple weeks on the stand.
Date: 2013-10-15
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali and his wife Joanne forfeited all family assets except $300,000, including their Bridgewater, NJ home, a 61-foot Viking yacht, three Mercedes, watches, jewelry, and a Jet Ski.
Date: 2010-06-18
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
He was released on bail on June 22, 2010 after posting a $10 million bond secured by nine friends and relatives, placed under house arrest with electronic monitoring.
Date: 2010-06-22
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali faced a maximum sentence of 125 years in prison and a symbolic $170.25 billion forfeiture judgment.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Judge Richard J. Sullivan denied DiPascali bail immediately after the guilty plea, stating he was 'reluctant to put my trust in Mr. DiPascali.'
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
His guilty plea was the first public confirmation that the Madoff fraud was a conspiracy involving multiple people, not solely Madoff.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
He pleaded guilty on August 11, 2009 to ten felony counts: conspiracy, securities fraud, investment advisor fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, perjury, income tax evasion, international money laundering, falsifying books and records of a broker-dealer, and falsifying books and records of an investment advisor.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali admitted in his plea allocution that he had known for at least two decades that Madoff's investment advisory business was a Ponzi scheme.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali claimed to be a director of Madoff Securities International Limited in London, but the UK Companies House has no record of his appointment as a director.
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
He became Director of Options Trading in 1986 and CFO in 1996, overseeing the day-to-day operations of Madoff's investment advisory business on the 17th floor.
Date: 1986-06-15
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
DiPascali began working for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities in 1975 at age 18, recruited by his neighbor Annette Bongiorno, Madoff's longtime assistant.
Date: 1975-06-15
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Frank DiPascali Jr. was born on October 28, 1956 in Queens, New York, and graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in 1974.
Date: 1956-10-28
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Died May 7, 2015 of lung cancer while still awaiting sentencing — never formally sentenced.
Date: 2015-05-07
Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Pleaded guilty August 11, 2009 to ten felonies including conspiracy, securities fraud, falsifying records, mail fraud, wire fraud, perjury, and tax evasion.
Date: 2009-08-11
Added: 20 Apr 2026
Pending Review
Cooperated extensively with federal prosecutors against other BLMIS personnel; testified at the 2013–2014 trial of five former BLMIS employees in U.S. v. Bonventre et al. (12-CR-152, SDNY).
Date: 2013-10-15
Added: 20 Apr 2026
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