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Harry Markopolos, a former financial executive, testifies (L) and holds up a report (R) by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners while testifying before a House Financial Services Subcommittee on "Assessing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and Regulatory Failures" in Washington February 4, 2009. Markopolos, who tried to blow the whistle on Bernard Madoff, told Congress that securities regulators had ignored his repeated pleas for a thorough investigation of the accused swindler's alleged $50 billion fraud. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)