[ROLE TIMELINE]

Bernie Madoff

Founder, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS)

    Government
    Corporate
    Political
    | Red zones = government–corporate overlap
  

Conflict Zones (3)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2008–2008
          

Arresting Agency (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)) overlapping with Founder (Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities), Founder Principal (Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities), Banking Client (JPMorgan Chase)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2008–2026
          

Arresting Agency (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)) overlapping with Investor (Carl Shapiro), Feeder Fund Facilitator (Banco Santander), Offshore Facilitator (Mossack Fonseca), Feeder Fund (Kingate Global Fund), Feeder Fund Operator (Tremont Group Holdings), Investor (Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company), Feeder Fund (Fairfield Greenwich Group), Investor (Rye Select Broad Market XL Portfolio Limited), Victim Of Fraud (Optimal Strategic US Equity), Investor (Tremont Capital Management), Investee Principal (Fairfield Sentry Limited)

            CONFLICT ZONE · 2026–2026
          

No Direct Connection (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) overlapping with Investor (Carl Shapiro), Feeder Fund Facilitator (Banco Santander), Offshore Facilitator (Mossack Fonseca), Feeder Fund (Kingate Global Fund), Feeder Fund Operator (Tremont Group Holdings), Investor (Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company), Feeder Fund (Fairfield Greenwich Group), Investor (Rye Select Broad Market XL Portfolio Limited), Victim Of Fraud (Optimal Strategic US Equity), Investor (Tremont Capital Management), Investee Principal (Fairfield Sentry Limited)

All Roles & Relationships (23)

Sector	Role	Entity	Period
CORPORATE	Founder	Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities	1960–2008
CORPORATE	Founder Principal	Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities	1960–2008
CORPORATE	Banking Client	JPMorgan Chase	1986–2008
OTHER	Beneficiary Of Scheme	Jeffry Picower	2008–present
OTHER	Regulator And Civil Plaintiff	Securities and Exchange Commission	2008–present
GOVERNMENT	Arresting Agency	Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)	2008–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Carl Shapiro	2008–present
CORPORATE	Feeder Fund Facilitator	Banco Santander	2008–present
CORPORATE	Offshore Facilitator	Mossack Fonseca	2008–present
OTHER	Business Associate	James Cayne	2008–present
CORPORATE	Feeder Fund	Kingate Global Fund	2008–present
CORPORATE	Feeder Fund Operator	Tremont Group Holdings	2008–present
OTHER	Colleague	Ruth A. David	2008–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company	2008–present
CORPORATE	Feeder Fund	Fairfield Greenwich Group	2008–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Rye Select Broad Market XL Portfolio Limited	2008–present
OTHER	Oversight	Glass-Steagall Act	2008–present
CORPORATE	Victim Of Fraud	Optimal Strategic US Equity	2008–present
CORPORATE	Investor	Tremont Capital Management	2008–present
CORPORATE	Investee Principal	Fairfield Sentry Limited	2008–present
OTHER	Shared Institutional Failure	Jeffrey Epstein	2008–2023
OTHER	Trustee For Victims	Irving H. Picard	2009–present
GOVERNMENT	No Direct Connection	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	2026–present

Methodology

This timeline visualises documented roles and relationships for Bernie Madoff using dates recorded in the entity connection graph. Roles are classified into sectors (government, corporate, political) based on relationship type and target entity type.

Conflict zones are periods where government/institutional roles overlap with corporate positions. These overlaps are not inherently improper but represent structural conditions that merit public scrutiny — the same person simultaneously holds a position involving public trust and a position involving private financial interest.

Date precision varies: some connections record only a year, others a full date. Ongoing roles (no end date) are drawn to the present year. Committee memberships are drawn from official congressional records where available.