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The man who tried to stop Madoff

Name: The man who tried to stop Madoff
Uploaded: 2011-10-28T09:18:06-0400
Duration: 13 min 5 s
Description: Harry Markopolos describes himself as a "50 billion dollar failure." Why? Because he couldn't get anyone to listen when he figured out Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, 8 years before Madoff's arrest.

Harry Markopolos describes himself as a "50 billion dollar failure." Why? Because he couldn't get anyone to listen when he figured out Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, 8 years before Madoff's arrest.