Bernard Madoff

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The former chairman of the Nasdaq and founder of the market-making firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. Madoff, who also ran a hedge fund, was arrested on December 11, 2008, for running an alleged Ponzi scheme; his hedge fund lost about $50 billion, but kept it hidden by paying out earlier investors with money from later investors. 
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According to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him, Madoff was arrested after telling senior employees at his firm that "it's all just one big lie ... basically, a giant Ponzi scheme."

With consistent returns of 1-1.5% per month for more than 10 years, it was hard for investors not to believe the lines used to sell Madoff's hedge fund. The fund's supposed strategy was to use a proprietary option collar strategy that was meant to minimize volatility. This was provided as the reason for the fund's consistent returns.

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