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Hearing on Oversight of the SEC’s Failure to Identify the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme and How to Improve SEC Performance(Jui Kai Li)

On Sept 10th, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on Oversight of the SEC’s Failure to Identify the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme and How to Improve SEC Performance. Testifying were H. David Kotz, Esq. - Inspector General SEC, Harry Markopolos- Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner, Robert Khuzami, Esq - Division of Enforcement SEC, John Walsh, Esq - Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations SEC The testimony is summarized below and copies of the written statements are available at; http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=7b38b6a3-f381-4673-b12c-f9e4037b0a3f Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme is the biggest fraud held by a person in the US history. By definition, a Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned. Although investo