How did Bernie Madoff pull off his $50 billion scam, fooling the global financial community? The pieces are slowly coming together. Reports say that Madoff's swindling prowess was attributed to his closeness with regulators as well as his ingratiating manner that seemed to engender people's trust. Take a look at this video, courtesy of YouTube, from an October 2007 discussion on regulation, and tell us if there's anything else from this footage you detect that may have helped him cheat thousands and lose a fortune? - Gerald Magpily
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who is the young man with Madoff in the video. I have a feeling it is one of his sons. I also have a feeling that he is aware that what Madoff is saying is BS>