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【米国＆世界経済とシオニスト共同体を食い物にした稀代のユダヤ人詐欺師メイドフｗ】 巨額投資詐欺、ナスダック元会長に禁固１５０年
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http://sankei.jp.msn.com/world/america/090630/amr0906300119000-n1.htm
一罰百戒！ 米史上最大の詐欺師、マドフ被告に禁固１５０年 ＮＹ連邦地裁
2009.6.30 01:17
このニュースのトピックス：米国
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１５０年の禁固刑の判決を受けるマドフ被告の法廷スケッチ（ロイター）
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【ニューヨーク＝松尾理也】世界中の投資家から計約１３０億ドル（約１兆２０００億円）をだまし取り、米史上最大の詐欺事件として注目を集めた元ナスダック会長、バーナード・マドフ被告（７１）に対し、ニューヨーク連邦地裁は２９日、禁固１５０年の判決を言い渡した。弁護側は同被告の年齢などを考慮し、わずかに出所の希望を残す「禁固１２年」の刑を求めていたが、判決は「一罰百戒の意味からも、象徴となるほどの重い刑を科すことには意味がある」と厳刑を言い渡した。
米誌フォーブスによると、禁固１５０年は米国の知能犯罪史上、３番目に長い刑にあたる。これまで言い渡された最も長い刑期は、２０００年にフロリダで言い渡された８４５年という。
マドフ被告は１９８０年から昨年１２月に逮捕されるまで、毎年１０％以上の高利回りを宣伝し６５０億ドルもの資金を集めたが、実際には集まった資金を配当や解約金にあてる自転車操業を繰り返していた。
マドフ被告自身は、判決言い渡しの前に傍聴席に向き直り、「すみませんでした。私は残された人生を苦しみの中で生きる」と謝罪。刑が言い渡された直後には短い拍手も起こったが、すぐに静まった。現時点で回収された資金は、被害額の１割にも達していないとされる。
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今年３月１２日、ニューヨークの裁判所に到着したマドフ被告（ＡＰ）
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判決後、報道陣に囲まれる被害者ら（ロイター）
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http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/kaigai/20090630AT2M2903529062009.html
マドフ被告に禁固150年 米ニューヨーク連邦地裁判決
（日本経済新聞：09年6月30日）
米ニューヨーク連邦地裁は29日、証券詐欺や偽証など11の罪に問われていたナスダック・ストック・マーケット（現ナスダックＯＭＸグループ）元会長のバーナード・マドフ被告に対し、禁固150年の判決を言い渡した。マドフ被告は「ねずみ講」に似た手口で資金を募る架空ファンドを運営。日本の金融機関を含む投資家に巨額損失を与えた全米最大の詐欺事件を起こしたとして、昨年末に逮捕された。
検察はマドフ被告に対して150年の禁固刑を求刑、弁護側は起訴内容を全面的に認めた一方で禁固12年を求めていた。米国での著名な金融・経済犯罪では、破綻した通信大手ワールドコムの元最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）が禁固25年、同エネルギー大手エンロンの元ＣＥＯが禁固24年４月の第一審判決を受けている。
マドフ被告は個別株と株式オプションを組み合わせた架空の投資手法を売り物に、財団や大学基金、個人富裕層などから資金を募集。1980年代から昨年12月まで詐欺行為を働いていた。(07:00)
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http://www.47news.jp/CN/200906/CN2009062901000855.html
（共同通信）
マドフ被告に禁固１５０年 巨額詐欺事件で米地裁
【ニューヨーク２９日共同】ねずみ講まがいの手法で資金を集め、日本を含め国際的に被害が出た米国の巨額詐欺事件で、ニューヨーク連邦地裁は２９日、証券詐欺などの罪に問われたナスダック・ストック・マーケット元会長バーナード・マドフ被告（７１）に対し、禁固１５０年の判決を言い渡した。言い渡しに先立ち、複数の被害者が出廷し厳罰を要求、被告は謝罪した。
判決は、数百億ドル（数兆円）とみられる米史上最大規模の被害を重視、検察の求刑通り、最大の量刑を科した。マドフ被告は訴追事実を認めており、弁護側は禁固１２年が適当と主張していた。
米メディアによると、マドフ被告は１９８０年代から２００８年にかけて、高利回りをうたって投資家から集めた巨額の資金をまともに運用せず、新たな投資資金を配当に回す経営を続けた。昨年段階で約６４０億ドル（約６兆１千億円）の資金が顧客の口座にあるはずだったのに、実際には１０億ドル以下しかなかった。
米国での有名なホワイトカラー犯罪に対する地裁判決としては、エネルギー大手エンロンの元最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）に対する禁固２４年４月や、通信大手ワールドコムの元ＣＥＯに対する禁固２５年などがある。両社はいずれも経営破綻した。
2009/06/30 01:14 【共同通信】
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http://www.cnn.co.jp/business/CNN200906300002.html
ビジネス
巨額投資詐欺のマドフ被告に禁固１５０年 ＮＹ地裁判決
2009.06.30 Web posted at: 09:53
JST Updated - CNNMoney
ニューヨーク（CNNMoney） 「ポンジ」と呼ばれるねずみ講に似た投資詐欺で昨年逮捕、起訴された米ナスダック元会長のバーナード・マドフ被告（７１）に対し、米ニューヨーク連邦地裁は２９日、禁固１５０年の判決を言い渡した。
判決公判でデニー・チン地裁判事は、マドフ被告の犯行が「極めて悪質」だと明言し、判決を抑止力とする狙いや被害者への配慮を踏まえ、量刑を最大としたことを明らかにした。被害者らは判決に拍手喝さいし、多くの人々が抱き合った。泣き出す被害者もいた。
１５０年は、被害規模に基いて検察当局が求めていた最大限の量刑。チン判事によると、仮釈放を監督する連邦機関は禁固５０年を提案していたという。
マドフ被告は判決言い渡しの直前、被害者への謝罪を表明し、許しを請わず弁解もしない姿勢を示した。同被告は２６日、司法当局によって全資産を没収され、妻も不動産も差し押さえられている。
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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20090630-OYT1T00317.htm
国際
巨額投資詐欺、ナスダック元会長に禁固１５０年
（2009年6月30日10時49分 読売新聞）
【ニューヨーク＝佐々木良寿】米株式市場ナスダックの元会長バーナード・マドフ被告（７１）による巨額投資詐欺事件で、ニューヨーク連邦地裁は２９日、同被告に対して禁固１５０年の判決を言い渡した。
社会的地位を悪用した贈収賄や横領、背任などのホワイトカラー犯罪に対する判決としては異例の長期刑となった。
検察側は、被告が少なくとも１９８０年代から昨年１２月に逮捕されるまでの間、高利回りなどを約束して投資家から総額約６５０億ドル（約６兆２０００億円）の資金を集めながら、実際には投資することなく、別の投資家への配当や払い戻しなどに充てたほか、私的に流用していたなどと主張、禁固１５０年を求刑していた。
判決は、被告の犯罪について「極めて悪質で、規模や背信の度合いなどは、ほかの同様の犯罪とは比べものにならない」とした。
被害の実態を巡っては、検察側はこれまでに法人・個人の口座保有者１３４１人、被害額計約１３２億ドルを特定しているが、全容解明には更に時間を要するとしている。同被告は３月、証券詐欺、文書偽造、資金洗浄など全１１件の罪状について、罪を認めている。
（2009年6月30日10時49分 読売新聞）
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http://jp.reuters.com/article/topNews/idJPJAPAN-38776620090629
米巨額詐欺事件のマドフ被告に禁固150年の判決＝米連邦地裁
2009年 06月 30日 08:17 JST
［ニューヨーク ２９日 ロイター］ 米連邦地裁は２９日、証券詐欺、資金洗浄、偽証など１１の罪に問われている米ナスダック・ストック・マーケット（現ナスダックＯＭＸグループ(NDAQ.O: 株価, 企業情報, レポート)）元会長のバーナード・マドフ被告に対し、禁固１５０年の判決を言い渡した。同被告が問われている罪に対して一番重い刑となる。
マドフ被告は７１歳。「ポンジー・スキーム」と呼ばれるねずみ講に似た手法で巨額の資金を集め、多くの投資家に被害を与えた。昨年１２月に逮捕され、今年３月に容疑を認めていた。検察によると、同被告は総額６５０億ドルの資金を、世界中の投資家から集めたとされる。被害に遭ったのは、一般投資家、富裕層、慈善団体、金融機関など。
連邦地裁のデニー・チン判事は「マドフ被告が犯した罪は、類を見ないほどに悪質だったというメッセージを送らなければならない」とし「非常に大きな背信だった」と述べた。
グレーの背広にネクタイ姿のマドフ被告は、手を腰の前に組んで立ち、判決が言い渡された時も特に反応は示さなかった。法廷にいる間、手錠がかけられることはなかった。
この日の判決を聞きに約２５０人が詰め掛けた傍聴席にマドフ被告が向きなおり、謝罪する場面もあった。同被告は落ち着いた口調で「私はこの痛み、この苦悩とともに、人生の残された日々を過ごしてゆく」と述べた。
マドフ被告の弁護士は、この日の判決に対して控訴するかは未定としている。
マドフ被告に禁固１５０年の判決が言い渡されたことについて、米ホワイトハウスのギブズ大統領報道官は、投資家から委託された資金を運用する人々に対し、強いメッセージを送る判決だったと述べた。
同報道官は記者団に対し「このメッセージは大きく、明確に伝わるだろう」と述べた。
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/business/30madoff.html?_r=1&hp
June 30, 2009
Madoff Is Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
A criminal saga that began in December with a string of superlatives — the largest, longest and most widespread Ponzi scheme in history — ended the same way on Monday as Bernard L. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum for his crimes.
Mr. Madoff, looking thinner and more haggard than when he pleaded guilty in March, stood impassively as Federal District Judge Denny Chin condemned his crimes as “extraordinarily evil” and imposed a sentence that was three times as long as the federal probation office suggested and more than 10 times as long as defense lawyers had requested.
Though many questions still surround the case, the judge’s pronouncement offered a brief sense of resolution, followed by a short burst of applause and one stifled cheer from the victims who filled the soaring Lower Manhattan courtroom.
Only a few moments before, Mr. Madoff had apologized for the harm he inflicted on the clients who had trusted him, his employees and his family. He blamed his pride, which would not allow him to admit his failures as a money manager.
“I am responsible for a great deal of suffering and pain. I understand that,” he said, leaning slightly forward over the polished table, his charcoal suit sagging on his diminished frame.
“I live in a tormented state now, knowing of all the pain and suffering that I have created.”
At the end of his personal statement, Mr. Madoff abruptly turned to face the courtroom crowd. He was no longer the carefully tailored and coiffed financier. His hair was ragged. His eyes were sunken into deep gray shadows. His voice was a little raspy, and he stopped on occasion to sip water.
“I am sorry,” he said, and abruptly added: “I know that doesn’t help you.”
Nine victims, some choked by sobs or swiping at tears, told the court of the damage he had caused, describing him as a psychopath and a monster who had destroyed their lives.
“It feels like a nightmare that we can’t awake from,” said Carla Hirschhorn, a physical therapist who said her daughter was juggling two jobs in her junior year to help pay for college expenses that their lost savings were supposed to cover.
Michael Schwartz, who said Mr. Madoff had stolen money set aside to sustain his disabled brother, expressed the hope that “his jail cell will become his coffin.”
In meting out the maximum sentence, Judge Chin pointed out that no friends, family or other supporters had submitted any letters on Mr. Madoff’s behalf that attested to the strength of his character or good deeds he had done.
Mr. Madoff returned to his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan while federal prison officials determine where he will serve his sentence. The defense has 10 days to decide whether to appeal the sentence.
Although Judge Chin suggested that Mr. Madoff be assigned to a prison in the Northeast, at the request of the defense, the judge said the Bureau of Prisons would decide what kind of facility will become his permanent home.
No members of Mr. Madoff’s immediate family were in court.
In his statement, Mr. Madoff acknowledged the “legacy of shame” he has created for his family. No members of Mr. Madoff’s immediate family were in court.
His wife, Ruth, later released a statement — her first since her husband’s arrest — expressing her grief for the victims and her sense of shock and betrayal when she learned of the crime.
Mrs. Madoff has not been charged in the crime and insists that she did not know of it until her husband told her just before his arrest. But she acknowledged that her silence, imposed by lawyers protecting her own interests, “has been interpreted as indifference or lack of sympathy for the victims.” That, she added, “is exactly the opposite of the truth.”
She said she felt “devastated” by the harm her husband had done. “I am embarrassed and ashamed. Like everyone else, I feel betrayed and confused,” said Mrs. Madoff, who has forfeited all but $2.5 million in assets. “The man who committed this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years.”
Many victims also accused regulators and lawmakers of betraying them for decades by failing to stop Mr. Madoff, and failing them again by not helping them deal with their financial hardships since they learned their savings had evaporated.
Judge Chin cautioned one speaker that those entities “are not before me,” but, in a larger sense, the Madoff case seemed to put an entire era on trial — a heady time of competitive deregulation and globalized finance that climaxed last fall in a frenzy of fear, panic and loss.
The blame has been spread wide — to arcane credit-default swaps, to lax enforcement of weak regulations, to poorly understood risks and badly managed financial institutions.
But with his arrest on Dec. 11, Mr. Madoff, a senior statesman in the private corridors of Wall Street who was respected for his vision and trusted by tens of thousands of customers, put a human face on those abstractions.
Mr. Madoff’s luxurious lifestyle, including a penthouse, yachts and French villa, all quickly became fuel for public outrage.
Every move in the case was closely watched, including his confession to his sons, Andrew and Mark, who were in his business; his guilty plea to 11 counts of various financial crimes in March; and his wife’s legal efforts to save some family assets from a sweeping government forfeiture.
The fury increased in January with Congressional testimony from a whistle-blower who had repeatedly alerted the Securities and Exchange Commission about his suspicion that Mr. Madoff was operating a gigantic fraud. An internal investigation is now under way at the S.E.C. to determine why the agency did not detect Mr. Madoff’s scheme and shut it down years ago.
The S.E.C. and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, a government-chartered program to compensate customers of failed brokerage firms, were criticized repeatedly in the courtroom statements by the victims on Monday, and at a rally of victims held near the courthouse afterward.
The litigation already filed in and around the Madoff case will help shape how regulators, the courts and SIPC respond to large-scale Ponzi scheme losses in the future. How the losses of victims will be addressed is just one of many open questions.
The criminal investigation is continuing, as prosecutors try to determine who else bears responsibility for the crime. So far, only Mr. Madoff’s accountant has been arrested on criminal charges, but securities regulators have filed civil suits against several of his long-term investors, accusing them of knowingly steering other investors into the fraud scheme for their own gain.
And the bankruptcy trustee has sued more than a half-dozen hedge funds and large investors, seeking to recover more than $10 billion withdrawn from the fraud in its final months and years. It is uncertain how much money he will be able to recover to share among the victims and how long that effort will take.
And the sentence itself is likely to leave a mark as well, according to legal experts on white-collar crime.
In remarks before announcing his decision, Judge Chin acknowledged that any sentence beyond a dozen years or so would be largely symbolic for Mr. Madoff, who is 71 and has a life expectancy of about 13 years.
But “symbolism is important for at least three reasons,” he said, citing the need for retribution, deterrence and a measure of justice for the victims.
Judge Chin said he did not agree with the suggestion by Ira Lee Sorkin, Mr. Madoff’s lead lawyer, that victims were seeking “mob vengeance” through a maximum sentence.
“They are placing their trust in the system of justice,” he said, adding that he hoped the sentence he imposed would “in some small way” help the victims to heal.
Several former prosecutors called Judge Chin’s decision somewhat surprising but appropriate.
“The judge sent a powerful deterrent message and an ominous signal to possible co-conspirators,” said George Jackson III, a lawyer with Bryan Cave and a former federal prosecutor in Chicago.
Richard L. Scheff, a lawyer with Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads and an assistant secretary for law enforcement for the Treasury Department, said the magnitude of the sentence “demonstrates real concern for the harm caused by Madoff to so many victims.”
He added, “Am I surprised? Yes, to a degree — but I strongly suspected that the sentence would be tantamount to a life sentence.”
To Robert S. Wolf, with the law firm Gersten Savage, the sentence “sent a clear and resounding message that Judge Chin felt that Madoff had not come clean and told all about the enormity of his criminal activity and others who participated.”
But James A. Cohen, an associate professor of law at Fordham, said he was troubled by the sentence. “I don’t think symbolism has a very important part in sentencing,” he said. “I certainly agree that a life sentence was appropriate, but this struck me as pandering to the crowd.”
The victims who spoke in the courtroom were unanimous in their demand for a maximum sentence, saying that Mr. Madoff had forfeited his right to live in society. They pointed to the extent of the crime: a fraud that ensnared millionaires, private foundations, a Nobel Prize laureate and hundreds of small investors who lost their life savings to an investment guru they had trusted completely.
Burt Ross, who lost $5 million in the fraud, cited Dante’s “The Divine Comedy,” in which the poet defined fraud as “the worst of sin” and expressed the hope that, when Mr. Madoff dies — “virtually unmourned” — he would find himself in the lowest circle of hell.
Prosecutors said Mr. Madoff deserved the maximum term for carrying out one of the biggest investment frauds in Wall Street history. Mr. Madoff’s lawyers said he should receive only 12 years.
After Mr. Madoff’s victims finished speaking, his lawyer, Mr. Sorkin, said the government’s request for a 150-year sentence bordered on absurd. He called Mr. Madoff a “deeply flawed individual,” but a human being nonetheless. “Vengeance is not the goal of punishment,” Mr. Sorkin said.
Even with a lesser term, Mr. Sorkin added, Mr. Madoff expects to “live out his years in prison.”
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Zachery Kouwe and Jack Healy contributed reporting.
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