[Jacquerie]

The scope of this scam is incredible. Investors were not limited to country club friends, but CEOs of well large companies, hedge fund managers as well as domestic and foreign banks.

Successful people, people who knew how to read financial statements, people who knew better were taken in by the hundreds. Madoff is one helluva salesman.

[Orange1998]

Many investors join Hedge funds because they know it operates out of the regulations. They can do what they please but many forget it cuts both ways.