#56 - The Financial Crimes of Bernie Madoff and the Rise of Ponzi Schemes

This week's episode reviews the Life and Crimes of Bernie Madoff who passed away on 4/14/21.  How he designed and executed the most well-known Ponzi scheme in history; when did the scheme start, how his legitimate  businesses masked his client business? Who were his investors and how was restitution granted. In the roundtable Cindy review her top 10 observations while having COVID. In the stories section, they review story of a man who though he was an only child only to learn that he had 31 siblings. The last story covers the man who out his father's ashes in his bowling ball and proceeded to bowl a 300-game.  300-game with Dad's ashes https://people.com/human-interest/man-places-late-fathers-ashes-in-bowling-ball-then-scores-a-perfect-game/ DNA Story  https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-man-finds-out-he-has-huge-secret-family-after-looking-up-his-ancestry-20210311