Safer so this was the scene of the crime. Irving picard gave us a tour of Bernie Madoffs 19thfloor offices, an impressive landscape of emptiness. His desk was here. Safer picard has the thankless task of finding the money, the billions that madoff scammed. watch ticking Arlan Galbraith who called himself the pigeon king convinced hundreds of american and Canadian Farmers there was good money to be made raising the birds for food. And everybody we talked to said this guy washe was on the up and up. Nobody had a bad word to say about him. watch ticking stahl welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im leslie stahl. In march 2009, Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to perpetrating whats believed to be the largest financial fraud in history. He received the maximum sentence for his crime, 150 years in prison. But while madoff is behind bars, theres still much we dont know about the scam which involved, by some accounts, a fraud of more than 50 billion. Investigators are still trying to figure out who was
Do you think you could pull off this scam today . Given the same security measures . Yep. Easily. Piece of cake. Sam eshaghoffs scam was getting paid thousands of dollars to take the s. A. T. Test for other students. He did it at least 16 times, scoring in the 97th percentile of the country. I would call him an academic gun for hire. Thats what he was. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im bob simon. In this edition, we examine two very different kinds of fraud. Bernie madoffs wife and surviving son break their silence about wall streets most infamous criminal. And later, we visit a high school con man who figured the best way to make the grade was to cheat the s. A. T. S but first, in december 2008, Bernie Madoff confessed to running a 65billion ponzi scheme, the largest financial fraud in history. While madoff is serving 150 years in prison, his family had to deal with the consequences of his crimes. His wife ruth divested of most of her great wealth and derided by a suspicious world. Th
In infamy. Its a tough name to live with. It sure is. In the first interview since Bernie Madoffs arrest, his wife ruth. I trusted him. And son andrew. Thats who i am. My name is madoff. And ill live with that for the rest of my life. Speak out about crime, guilt, suicide. Mr. Madoff, what do you have to say for yourself . And the day bernie admitted to committing the largest financial fraud in history. And he said, i have a confession to make. Ive been running a ponzi scheme. [ticking] do you think you could pull off this scam today . Given the same security measures . Yep. Easily. Piece of cake. Sam eshaghoffs scam was getting paid thousands of dollars to take the s. A. T. Test for other students. He did it at least 16 times, scoring in the 97th percentile of the country. I would call him an academic gun for hire. Thats what he was. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im bob simon. In this edition, we examine two very different kinds of fraud. Bernie madoffs wife and surviving son break t
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Annual american an american on a quest to join that group. Why another person with ebola there are no plans to ship him back to the u. S. Nancy writebol talks about her battle with the deadly virus. When they put me on the plane, i knew i was bad. And game on the excitement is building for tonights start of the new nfl season kicks off in just a matter of hours. We are at the stadium if seattle today, thursday, september 4th, 2014. From nbc news, in is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. We welcome you to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer, al roker, willie geist. Football starts tonight. We got kids back in school. Where does the summer go . You got to say it, al, its first night its football in america the most storied franchise in football. The packers are doing it tonight. Meanwhile, also coming up, i wait a minute wait to hear this, remember that guy that used the knee defender on a flight, well n