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【米国金融バブルは詐欺そのものだったことが露呈ｗ】米史上最大４兆５千億円詐欺＝ナスダック元会長逮捕
ナスダックを仕切っていたアメリカ金融マフィアの首領格が
投資ビジネスに見せかけたねずみ講詐欺で逮捕された。
その被害額は、米国史上最大規模の、５００億ドルを超えると見られる。
……そして、アメリカの詐欺師どもに上納金を貢ぐのに必死の
ニッポンの小悪党どもが、こいつらに他ならない。
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◆郵政見直し論をけん制＝小泉氏「誓約書提出忘れるな」−推進派が集会 １２月９日 時事通信
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=eco_30&rel=j7&k=2008120900920 （2008/12/09-20:14）
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【売国議員連盟リスト】
◇郵政民営化推進派会合の出席者
９日開かれた自民党の「郵政民営化を堅持し推進する集い」の出席者は以下の通り
（敬称略、丸数字は当選回数、参院議員は町村派のみ）。
【町村派】伊藤公介(9)、中川秀直(9)、衛藤征士郎(8)、坂本剛二(6)、杉浦正健(6)、
細田博之(6)、安倍晋三(5)、小野晋也(5)、小池百合子(5)、木村太郎(4)、高木毅(3)、
中野正志(3)、松島みどり(3)、柴山昌彦(2)、中山泰秀(2)、並木正芳(2)、早川忠孝(2)、
大塚拓(1)、越智隆雄(1)、関芳弘(1)、松本文明(1)（以上衆院）
世耕弘成(3)、山本一太(3)、中村博彦(1)、中川雅治(1)（以上参院）
【津島派】笹川堯(7)、茂木敏充(5)、桜田義孝(4)、棚橋泰文(4)、加藤勝信(2)、木原稔(1)、
渡嘉敷奈緒美(1)
【古賀派】今井宏(4)、塩崎恭久(4)、菅義偉(4)、西野陽(4)、木原誠二(1)
【山崎派】石原伸晃(6)、木村勉(3)、山際大志郎(2)、上野賢一郎(1)、平将明(1)、広津素子(1)
【伊吹派】山本朋広(1)
【麻生派】中馬弘毅(9)、鈴木馨祐(1)
【無所属】小泉純一郎(12)、水野賢一(4)、秋葉賢也(2)、菅原一秀(2)、飯島夕雁(1)、
石原宏高(1)、猪口邦子(1)、小野次郎(1)、片山さつき(1)、近藤三津枝(1)、佐藤ゆかり(1)、
田中良生(1)、土屋正忠(1)、藤田幹雄(1)、牧原秀樹(1)、安井潤一郎(1)、山内康一(1)（了）
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http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/kaigai/20081213AT2M1300N13122008.html
（日経新聞：08年12月13日）
米ナスダック元会長、逮捕 「ネズミ講」類似の手口で被害500億ドル
【ニューヨーク＝山下茂行】米連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）は11日、米ナスダック・ストック・マーケット（現ナスダックＯＭＸグループ）の、バーナード・マドフ元会長（70）を詐欺の疑いで逮捕した。同容疑者は「ねずみ講」に似た手口で資金を集め、約500億ドルの被害を投資家に与えたとみられている。住宅バブル崩壊やその後の金融危機を招いたとして信用が失墜している米金融業界だが、一段と批判が高まりかねない情勢だ。
マドフ容疑者は運営するファンドで多額の損失を抱えていたが、好調さを装いながら新規の投資家から資金を集め、配当や解約金の支払いに充てていた疑い。同容疑者は自ら「実体は大規模な『ねずみ講』」などと認識していたとされる。
損失額は正確には把握されていないもようだが、米メディアなどによると米金融史上で最大規模の詐欺事件。ナスダック会長に就くなどしていたマドフ容疑者は米証券界の重鎮的な存在で、「ウォール街」への風当たりはさらに厳しくなりそうだ。(11:21)
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http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=int_30&k=2008121300065&j1
（時事通信：2008/12/13-09:04）
米史上最大４兆５千億円詐欺＝ナスダック元会長逮捕
【ニューヨーク１２日時事】ウォール街（米金融街）の重鎮として知られるバーナード・メードフ氏の運用する投資ファンドが、高利回りを約束しておきながら、実は５００億ドル（約４兆５０００億円）を超える損失を隠していたことが判明、同氏は１２日までに連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）に逮捕された。米メディアによると、詐欺事件としては米史上で最大規模。市場関係者は、投資離れに拍車が掛かりかねないと懸念を強めている。
捜査当局によると、同氏が運営する投資ファンドは、損失が拡大していたにもかかわらず、毎年１０％の利益を上げていると宣伝。投資家から資金を集め、配当や解約金の支払いに充てていた。同氏は「自分のやっていることは詐欺と変わりはなかった」と非を認めているという。（2008/12/13-09:04）
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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20081213-00000018-yom-int
米史上最大５００億ドル詐欺、ナスダック元会長を逮捕
12月13日11時41分配信 読売新聞
【ニューヨーク＝山本正実】米連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）など米司法当局は、米証券界の実力者で、元ナスダック・ストック・マーケット会長のバーナード・マドフ氏（７０）を詐欺の疑いで逮捕、起訴した。米メディアが１２日報じた。
報道によると、被害総額は約５００億ドル（約４兆５５００億円）以上で、米国史上最大の詐欺事件という。マドフ氏は、自身が運営する投資会社が損失を抱えていたにもかかわらず、高い配当利回りを確保していると宣伝。投資家から資金を集め、解約金などの支払いに充てていた。
最終更新:12月13日11時44分
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http://www.asahi.com/international/update/1213/TKY200812130071.html
「ネズミ講」被害４兆円超 米ウォール街の大物逮捕
2008年12月13日11時0分
【ニューヨーク＝真鍋弘樹】ネズミ講のように顧客から不正に資金を集めたとして、米ウォール街の大物、バーナード・マードフ氏が１１日、捜査当局に詐欺容疑で逮捕された。告発した米証券取引委員会（ＳＥＣ）によると、被害総額は５００億ドル（約４兆５５００億円）を超すという。
捜査当局などによると、同氏は自ら運営する投資ファンドで１０％にも上る高利回りをうたいながら、他の投資家から集めた資金を配当などに回し、巨額の損失を隠していた疑い。米メディアは、ウォール街史上で最悪の詐欺事件と報じている。
マードフ氏は米ナスダック市場を運営する企業の元会長で、ウォール街でも伝説視された証券界の実力者だった。ＳＥＣによると、同氏は資金運用は「ただの大きなうそ」で、「基本的に巨大なネズミ講」だったことを部下に認めていたという。
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http://jp.reuters.com/article/domesticFunds/idJPnJT833159520081212
マドフ元ナスダック会長を詐欺容疑で逮捕、被害額500億ドル＝米ＦＢＩ
2008年 12月 13日 06:20 JST
［ニューヨーク １１日 ロイター］ 米連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）は１１日、米ナスダック・ストック・マーケットのバーナード・マドフ元会長（７０）を詐欺の疑いで逮捕した。被害総額は５００億ドルに上るとみられている。
自らのヘッジファンドを通じたねずみ講詐欺の疑いが持たれている。
元会長は会社の幹部に対し「（資金運用は）すべて大きなうそで、大規模なねずみ講に過ぎない」と語ったとされる。
検察当局によると、最長２０年の懲役と最高５００億ドルの罰金を求刑する見込み。
同氏は１９６０年にバーナード・マドフ証券投資会社を設立。また、別の投資顧問事業では１７１億ドルの資金を運用していた。
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http://www.usfl.com/Daily/News/08/12/1212_014.asp
ナスダック元会長を逮捕 詐欺容疑、被害500億ドルか
更新2008年12月12日 11:45米国東部時間
米連邦捜査局（FBI）は12日までに、米中堅証券会社社長のバーナード・マドフ氏を詐欺の疑いで逮捕した。米メディアが伝えた。被害総額は500億ドル（約4兆5000億円）に達し、個人犯罪としては、米国で過去最大規模になる可能性があるという。
マドフ氏は1960年代から証券会社を経営しており、店頭市場ナスダックを運営するナスダック・ストック・マーケットの会長を務めたこともある有力者。
投資家から預かった資産をまともに運用せず、そのまま「配当」に回すなどの行為を繰り返していた疑いがあるという。（共同）
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http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/12/12/madoff-redemptions-bayou-biz-wallst-cz_cc_1212madoff.html
Legal
Lessons For Madoff Investors From The Bayou Fund Ponzi Scheme
Carrie Coolidge, 12.12.08, 7:00 PM ET
Investors in Bernard L. Madoff's giant $50 billion self-declared Ponzi scheme may have a lot more to lose than they think.
Those who redeemed all or part of their investments in Madoff's investment advisory business could be forced to return the money if it is found they had an inkling fraud was taking place. An investor can only keep money that was withdrawn if it was done in good faith.
"If the person requested the redemption and got it because they thought the fund was going under, it was not taken in good faith," says Stephen J. Nelson, a corporate attorney and partner at the Nelson Law Firm LLC.
"There will be some effort to claw money back from investors who redeemed at least in the last two or three years," he says. "The doctrine the plaintiffs will use to do that is fraudulent conveyance. But how the facts will shake out, no one knows."
Lawyers will be looking at who got money and who didn't to figure out if money that was transferred was done so fraudulently. "It appears that there were no profits, so investors might have gotten back money they weren't entitled to. It could have been someone else's money," says Nelson. "My guess is that this will end up in the bankruptcy court."
There may be precedent from Samuel Israel III's Bayou Group, which operated hedge funds that turned out to be a massive $400 million Ponzi scheme. In April, Israel was sentenced to a 20-year prison term.
Investors in the Bayou Fund may be forced to return redemptions made from the fund. A bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York in October found that some investors were paid fictitious profits during a time when the Bayou Fund was insolvent.
"The Bayou Fund investors who did not elect to exchange were redeemed at inflated values, thereby further fraudulently diminishing the remaining Bayou Fund assets to the disadvantage of those investors who did exchange," according to the decision.
The possibility of returning redemptions isn't the only bad news for Madoff investors. Those who paid income taxes on phantom earnings they were led to believe they received from their investment at Madoff's advisory firm might not get back what they paid if too much time has passed.
Tax returns can, in most cases, only be amended within three years of the date of the original return.
"After the statute of limitations has passed on the filing of a tax return, it is no longer possible to amend it," says Mary Ann Mayo, a partner at the Nelson Law Firm LLC who specializes in taxation issues. "It would be possible to claim as part of your damages against Madoff the taxes you had to pay because of the bad income statements they gave investors. If they gave you a false income statement and you paid taxes based on it, that would be part of your damages."
There will be no getting that money back at a certain point except from the people who defrauded you in the first place, she adds.
The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a criminal complaint for securities fraud against Madoff on Dec. 11. In the complaint, Theodore Cacioppi, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Madoff admitted there was no innocent explanation for the alleged fraud.
Madoff explained he had decided it could not go on and he expected to go to jail. Madoff allegedly told two senior employees of his firm--believe to be his sons, Mark and Andrew--that his investment advisory business was a fraud. Madoff stated he was "finished' and he had "absolutely nothing," that "it's all just one big lie," and that it was "basically a giant Ponzi scheme."
For years, it is believed Madoff was paying returns to certain investors. Madoff said his business was insolvent and that it had been for years. He stated that he estimated the losses from this fraud to be at least $50 billion.
The Securities and Exchange Commission also filed securities fraud charges against Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, for a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that he perpetrated on advisory clients of his firm.
The SEC is currently seeking emergency relief for investors, including an asset freeze and the appointment of a receiver for the firm.
"Our complaint alleges a stunning fraud that appears to be of epic proportions," says Andrew M. Calamari, associate director of enforcement in the SEC's New York Regional Office.
The alleged fraud is massive, both in terms of scope and duration, adds Linda Chatman Thomsen, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "We are moving quickly and decisively to stop the fraud and protect remaining assets for investors, and we are working closely with the criminal authorities to hold Mr. Madoff accountable."
Madoff founded the firm in 1960 and has been a prominent member of the securities industry throughout his career. Madoff served as vice chairman of the NASD, as a member of its board of governors and as chairman of its New York region. He was also a member of NASDAQ Stock Market's board of governors and its executive committee and served as chairman of its trading committee.
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http://www.forbes.com/wallstreet/2008/12/12/fraud-legal-sec-biz-wall-cx_lm_1212scamsters.html?partner=relatedstoriesbox
Signs Of The Times
New Bubble, Same Old Frauds
Liz Moyer, 12.12.08, 3:50 PM ET
Warren Buffett likes to say, "It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked." The same can be said for slime.
This week alone there were two arrests of prominent New Yorkers alleged to be engaged in massive frauds and the arrest of a governor accused of trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. And if history proves consistent, there will be many more shocking disclosures to come as the world readjusts to another post-bubble era.
It's nothing new. Excesses during bubble times lead to mistakes, big losses and ultimately the unveiling of frauds. Nobody asks questions when things are going well; they scream for justice when things head south.
Bernard Madoff, a well-respected denizen of Wall Street, faces charges he defrauded investors in his advisory firm of $50 billion by running what prosecutors say he admits was nothing more than a gigantic Ponzi scheme.
The alleged fraud unraveled when Madoff, who has run the business by himself for years, faced $7 billion in client redemption requests this fall. Ponzi schemes need asset inflows to work and break down when those inflows dry up.
Until now, nobody asked loudly enough, however, how it was that Madoff could log such steady and consistent positive returns (reportedly always positive for years even as the markets gyrated). His investment management firm, an affiliate of his market-making brokerage operation bearing his name, had $17 billion under management as of the beginning of 2008, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is pursuing separate civil fraud charges.
Rival fund managers and some hedge fund due diligence firms said Friday they had wondered for years how he pulled it off, but few thought to sound alarms with regulators.
It's not entirely clear which regulator should have kept the closest watch on the firm, anyway. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority oversees broker-dealers, but the Madoff business involved in the allegations is an affiliated investment adviser, which would be regulated by the SEC. Or maybe it wouldn't. The language is vague. The SEC says Madoff was registered with it both as a broker-dealer and an investment adviser.
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. says it's in contact with both regulators but is not yet certain whether its insurance fund will be tapped to cover investor losses.
It would be yet another example of an entity that falls within the gray area of regulation, allowed to carry on its merry course with not very much oversight at all. Investment banks and hedge funds also fall into this "we don't really know who really regulates them" category.
The same old story plays out elsewhere. Earlier this week, New York litigator Marc Dreier was arrested on charges he defrauded hedge funds out of $113 million in a bizarrely brazen scheme in which he faked promissory notes and convinced investors they were legitimate. Prosecutors have since raised the amount of losses to $380 million.
His arrest, first in Canada and then in the U.S., led partners at his eponymous Dreier LLC law firm to discover tens of millions of client funds missing from escrow accounts.
Dreier, according to court documents, was the only person at the 238-lawyer firm to have authority over those escrow accounts. It doesn't seem lawyers at the firm questioned this until now, or the $40 million worth of art work hanging on the walls of the firm's Park Avenue headquarters, or the lavish jet-setting life Dreier led.
Regulators are eager to show they are on the trail of the wrong-doers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has stepped up investigations of mortgage fraud, and the U.S. Attorneys in several jurisdictions will no doubt be busy over the coming months.
"Whenever there is a financial crisis and the public is angry, law enforcement acts in kind," says Bradley Simon, a former federal prosecutor who now does white collar defense at his firm Simon & Partners. A recent client was James Marquez, one of the defendants in the 2005 collapse of Bayou Capital, the $450 million hedge fund.
Madoff's arrest and the charges sent shock-waves through financial markets. Clients of his funds include wealthy individuals in the U.S. and Europe, along with funds of hedge funds, European banks and other seemingly savvy investors lured by Madoff's pedigree and charm.
He is the former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange who started his broker-dealer in 1960, reportedly with $5,000 he earned as a beach lifeguard in Long Island.
The investment advisory business was operated by him alone, separately from the broker-dealer operations, according to the charges filed Thursday night. And Madoff was secretive about it, keeping its books under "lock and key."
The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan says Madoff confessed to three senior employees Wednesday that the investment adviser business was a fraud and had been insolvent for years, losing at least $50 billion. "It's all just one big lie," he is said to have told those employees.
Arriving at his Manhattan home Thursday to arrest him, FBI Special Agent Theodore Cacioppi says Madoff told him he "paid investors with money that wasn't there" and that he was broke and insolvent and had decided that "it could not go on."
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