14 December 2010
via RedState.com
Dan McLaughlin: Flashback to a Mark Madoff story that got buried in the rush of Obama’s appointments in 2008:
New SEC chief gave Bernard Madoff’s son a job
Rosie Lavan
The Sunday Times [UK]
18 Dec 2008
Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), previously appointed one of Bernard Madoff’s sons to a regulatory body that oversees American securities firms.
It has emerged that in 2001, Ms Schapiro, currently chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), employed Mark Madoff to serve on the board of the National Adjudicatory Council — the division that reviews disciplinary decisions made by Finra.
Last week, Mark Madoff, with his brother, Andrew, were understood to have approached the authorities after their father apparently confessed to orchestrating a $50 billion securities fraud.
Mr Madoff is under house arrest in his $7 million Manhattan apartment and will be electronically tagged after he failed to secure further signatories to guarantee his $10 million bail.
Both sons have emphatically denied any involvement in what could be the biggest fraud perpetrated by an individual.
However, the link with Mark Madoff may prove controversial for Ms Schapiro and the President-elect, who has moved fast to replace Christopher Cox, the current head of the SEC. The watchdog has came under fire for failing to detect Mr Madoff’s activities.
The article continues at The Sunday Times.
