The judge called Madoff's deeds "extraordinarily evil," and said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might try to perpetuate a comparable fraud. Biden to say in Afghanistan speech its time to end Americas longest war live, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Mr. CANTOR: I wasn't doing as well as I could've been (unintelligible). The students were about 55 percent Asian-American, when the population in New York City is only about 10 percent Asian-American. "Charles Ponzi is now a footnote," said Anthony Sabino, a defense lawyer specializing in white collar criminal defense. The lawyer, Ira Lee Sorkin, listed several reasons, including Mr. Madoffs confessing to his sons, knowing he would be turned in; his full acceptance of responsibility for his crimes; and his efforts to assist in the recovery of lost assets. Mr Madoff had been serving a 150-year sentence after he pleaded guilty in 2009 to running a Ponzi scheme, which paid investors with money from new clients rather than actual profits. After the sentencing, Ruth Madoff said in a statement that she felt "betrayed and confused" by the actions of her husband. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The request was denied. }, First published on February 26, 2008 / 5:54 PM. "When I sentenced Mr. Madoff in 2009, it was . Chin said the lawsuit contained sufficient facts to make it plausible that the suicide was foreseeable, that police had a duty to protect Conradt from killing himself, and that the officers and NBC acted with deliberate indifference. His 8-year-old felt torn and said, "'I love the Knicks, but I love Yao.'" Chin was born in 1954 in Kowloon, Hong Kong and came to the U.S. in 1956. Prosecutors let her keep $2.5m from the the $825m fortune the couple once possessed. In the headlines and news accounts that followed, the words extraordinarily evil seemed to be everywhere. In bankruptcy filings, trustee Irving Picard said family members "used customers' accounts as though they were their own," putting Madoff's maid, boat captain and house sitter in Florida on the company payroll and paying nearly $1 million in fees at high-end golf clubs in Florida and on Long Island, N.Y. Picard has sought to reclaim ill-gotten gains by freezing Madoff's business bank accounts and selling off legitimate portions of his firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He had no values," former investor Tom Fitzmaurice told the judge at the sentencing. And I got into Bernie Madoff. But no man is.". Thurgood Marshall U.S. Denny Chin is a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Subscribe to be notified when the news section is updated. Michael Livermore Weighs In, Podcast: Global Crisis Triggered by Knowledge Economy, Says Paul B. Stephan 77. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. DiPascali recounted for jurors how just before the scheme was exposed, Madoff called him into his office. Mr Madoff is survived by his wife, Ruth Madoff, who maintained she was unaware of the scheme and was never charged. UK banks were also among those who lost money, with HSBC Holdings saying it had exposure of around $1bn. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { If the mind can scarcely comprehend a figure so large, the federal sentencing guidelines don't even try. Google. And there we are. The order left her with $2.5 million. "I think you can overcome these things that's what I really think." [9] In 1986, Chin left the U.S. Attorney's Office and started a law firm, Campbell, Patrick & Chin, with two colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office. That was the number of victims allowed to speak. Madoff's wife, Ruth, is still living. He invited them in, then confessed after being asked "if there's an innocent explanation," a criminal complaint said. Chin was born on May 18, 1955, in Guangdong province, Mainland China.He was the only child of Bing Hing "David" Chin (a.k.a. He also responded to the assertion in Mr. Sorkins letter that the unified tone of the victims statements suggested a desire for a type of mob vengeance that would seemingly negate the judges role. 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In 2009, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison, a verdict he said sent a message his crimes were "extraordinarily evil, and that this kind of manipulation of the . C.W. In his ruling, Chin said the network "placed itself squarely in the middle of a police operation, pushing the police to engage in tactics that were unnecessary and unwise, solely to generate more dramatic footage for a television show.". That summer he mapped out his career and followed it almost to the letter. As NPR's Mike Pesca reports, that pain and suffering was evident in the court today. There was also Carla Hirshhorn, who said she was thankful that her father died before he realized that his wife's financial security was ruined. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. Updated on: April 14, 2021 / 7:00 PM In explaining how the 150-year sentence was symbolically important, he had neglected to include a third, crucial reason: retribution. The probation department had recommended a 50-year term, while the defense lawyer had sought 12 years behind bars for his client. As a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, Judge Denny Chin sees some of the most cutting-edge cases in the country, so much so that three of his cases were used as plots for the popular Law and Ordertelevision series. Fraudster sentenced to 150 years in jail dies from natural causes, New York financier ran scheme that cheated investors of billions. His clients ranging from Florida retirees to celebrities such as Steven Spielberg, actor Kevin Bacon and Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax consistently enjoyed steady double-digit returns. Totally a nice guy, understated, unassuming, fell for it lock, stock and barrel. US District Judge Denny Chin showed no mercy, sentencing Madoff to the maximum 150 years in prison. Wiesel described him as one of the greatest scoundrels, thieves, liars, criminals. As a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, Judge Denny Chin sees some of the most cutting-edge cases in the country, so much so that three of his cases were used as plots for the popular Law and Order television series.But Chin's position is unique for another reason as well he was the first Asian-American appointed to a federal district court judgeship outside the 9th . One of the traditional notions of punishment, he wrote, is that an offender should be punished in proportion to his blameworthiness. Mr. Madoffs crimes were extraordinarily evil, he added. A $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claims a sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself can go to trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. This site is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary. Madoff investor George Nierenberg thought the reason Madoff spoke to the victims might have been something he said at Madoff's plea hearing several months ago. A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge? In the end, that fraud brought fresh meaning to "Ponzi scheme," named after Charles Ponzi, who was convicted of mail fraud after bilking thousands of people out of a mere $10 million between 1919 and 1920. Chin slept with his four siblings in the living room of a one-bedroom apartment, a situation he said was common in his neighborhood. He saved the document at 9:12 a.m., printed it and soon headed for the 10 a.m. hearing which, because of the expected crowds, would be held in the courts expansive ceremonial courtroom. At the time, both were being investigated for alleged illegal fundraising activities. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Chin's nomination to the full Senate on December 10, 2009[10] and he was confirmed by a 980 vote on April 22, 2010. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A trustee was appointed to recover funds sometimes by suing hedge funds and other large investors who came out ahead and divvying up those proceeds to victims. He stole from the poor. Denny Chin is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Yet symbolism was important, he said, given the enormity of Mr. Madoffs crimes. / CBS/AP. Madoff was sent to do what amounted to a life sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex, about 45 miles northwest of Raleigh, N.C. . Judge Chin agreed to an extensive series of interviews as part of a broader look into his sentencings in Federal District Court in Manhattan, which will appear in a later article. Judge Denny Chin spoke informally to students at an event sponsored by APALSA April 1. They were two struggling kids from Queens. The firm was investigated eight times by the US Securities and Exchange Commission because it made exceptional returns. Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years for his monumental Ponzi scheme. Last year his lawyers filed court papers to try to get him released from prison during the pandemic, saying he had end-stage renal disease and other chronic medical conditions. Following his pleading, Chin revoked Madoff's $10 million bail and ordered him to report immediately to jail at the request of the federal prosecutors, citing that Madoff had both the resources and the incentive to flee before his formal sentencing. The search for Madoff's assets "has unearthed a labyrinth of interrelated international funds, institutions and entities of almost unparalleled complexity and breadth," the trustee, Irving Picard, said in a 2009 report. 2023 BBC. "The federal court is the place to be.". Hundreds of spectators and dozens of victims lined up outside the United States Courthouse in New York on Monday for the sentencing of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff. A court-appointed trustee recovered more than $13bn of an estimated $17.5bn that investors put into Madoffs business. 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February 26, 2008 / 5:54 PM "We will have to sell our home and hope to survive on Social Security alone.". A defendant should get his just deserts, he remembered thinking. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1971. In the 1950s, he engineered and produced classical music albums for Angel Records. With the verdict, Chin said he was sending a message "that Mr. Madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil, and that this kind of manipulation of the system is not just a bloodless crime that takes place on paper, but one instead that takes a staggering toll.". To Judge Chin, Mr. Madoff seemed sad, almost as if he were grieving. Another victim, Michael Schwartz, told Madoff he wished a jail cell would be the disgraced financier's coffin. 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Rogeriee Thompson for United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit", "Judge Who Sentenced Madoff to Be Nominated to Higher Court", "Obama names Madoff case judge to fill Sotomayor spot", "U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to Address Spring 2009 Law Graduates", "The Old Ones of Chinatown: A Study of the Elderly Chinese", "Denny Chin | Office of the Executive Vice President", "Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress", "On the Nomination (Confirmation Denny Chin, of New York, to be U.S. "He turned to me and he said, crying, 'I'm at the end of my rope. A graduate of Princeton, Chin couldn't get a paying job after his first year at the Fordham University School of Law, so he interned for a judge in New York's Southern District, then clerked for the same judge following graduation. The judge ultimately concluded that even that would have been just way too low., In the end, I just thought he didnt deserve it, he said. In a society governed by the rule of law, he wrote, the message had to be sent that Mr. Madoff would get what he deserves, and would be punished according to his moral culpability.. [21], He was assigned the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement case on January 8, 2009, after the death of the previous supervising judge. The sentencing of Bernard L. Madoff required balancing the law against the public anger his fraud had inspired. His other son, Andrew, died of cancer in 2014. A Class of 1975 graduate, Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of California and Hawaii. They worked hard, said Thomas Morling, who worked closely with the Madoff brothers in the mid-1980s. By giving Bernard L. Madoff a term of 150 years, Judge Denny Chin seemed to find a way to translate society's rage into a number. US District Judge Denny Chin sentenced Madoff to the maximum possible term. "There's no cure for my type of disease. Bernard Madoff, the one-time Wall Street titan who orchestrated one of the largest frauds in history, has died in prison aged 82. As far as we know, Sorkin said, there was no ferreting away of funds. In an interview with The Washington Post he said he had "made a terrible mistake. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24, 1994, and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. Earlier this week, Judge Denny Chin (S.D.N.Y.) [12] Chin assumed senior status on June 1, 2021. Madoff admitted to committing securities fraud via a Ponzi scheme starting in the early 1990s, which involved potentially as much as $65 billion. Thanks (I guess) for spinning the wheel in my favor! Judge Chin wrote back. Madoffs wife, Ruth, survives him. His criminal behavior devastated the lives of his victims, leading to suicides, bankruptcies and home losses. At the time of his arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60bn. ", "I'm terminally ill," he said. Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff's request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses. Chin said he felt diversity on the bench was a valuable goal, since it may help some plaintiffs or defendants understand that the legal system represents them as well. Judge Denny Chin, who now sits on the 2nd U.S. As Judge Denny Chin noted, the Madoff take is quite literally off the charts. Mr. Madoff rose and offered a lengthy apology, saying he felt horrible guilt. He turned to face the victims, and apologized again. And they kind of looked at each other and said yes. They agreed that it was probably not the best thing to do, he said. Thanks (I guess) Judge Chin, 57, said he learned he had received the Madoff case from his staff as he entered his chambers on March 6, 2009, after a court proceeding. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called the scope of the fraud "staggering" and gave the 71-year-old financier the maximum sentence allowed, ensuring Madoff would live out his days behind bars. Rather, they are doing what they are supposed to be doing placing their trust in our system of justice.. Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju Helped Win Landmark Ruling in India, Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), Jamar Walker 11 Makes History as First LGBT Federal Judge in Virginia, Sean Onwualu 24 Trades in Playbooks for Casebooks, LGBT Rights Litigators To Receive Jefferson Medals in Law, Big Data and War: Can a Cyberattack Warrant an Armed Response? IE 11 is not supported. He concluded it was not reasonable to permit the government to search the homes and seize the computers of thousands of individuals merely because their e-mail addresses were entered into a web site, where, in addition to gaining access to child pornography, they could engage in text-based activities such as participating in chat rooms and answering surveys. He said he struggled to find the right number the just sentence, as he described it. U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Denny Chin, a Chinese immigrant who grew up in a Hell's Kitchen tenement, is the subject of a newly released Pathways to the Bench video profile, the eighth in a video series in which federal judges talk about challenges that helped prepare them to serve justice. Three weeks after Chin ruled on a commercial breach of contract case involving plaintiff's lawyer Larry Klayman, Klayman wrote a letter to Chin asking if he had any connection to John Huang or the Democratic National Committee. Judge Chin then began reading his statement from the bench, adding a few phrases to acknowledge what he had seen and heard in court that morning. [17], Chin also presided over the criminal prosecution of Larry Stewart, the handwriting expert who was accused of committing perjury during the trial of Martha Stewart (no relation). "He'd been staring out the window the all day," DiPascali testified. Madoff admitted swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars in investments over decades. Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff's request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses. He said there may be parts of the country that are less tolerant, noting that there's no question that some Asian-American lawyers feel held back. "The Michigan case is a tough case because of the way it's done with the numbers.". He was confirmed in April 2010 and took senior status in June 2021. He had also received an e-mail that day from Gabriel W. Gorenstein, a magistrate judge who had reached into the wooden wheel that is used to randomly assign cases in the courthouse and selected an envelope that contained Judge Chins name. The bureau said Madoff's cause of death would be determined by a medical examiner. [9], On October 6, 2009, President Obama nominated Chin to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This story, "," originally appeared in The New York Times. The scam involved an estimated $65bn, a figure that included gains Mr Madoff's clients believed they had made due to fake account statements. Chin said he thought being Asian-American was an advantage for him because it gave him the opportunity to do good things, such as pro bono work for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. By contrast, "it's hard to say whether being Asian-American is going to place anyone at a disadvantage," he said. [14] At the time, the PTC had been campaigning for advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of WWE's flagship program SmackDown because it believed that the program caused the violent deaths of four children. 2008 The Associated Press. Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff's request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses. 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Extraordinarily evil - that was the judge's description today of the acts of Bernard Madoff. An old IBM computer cranked out monthly statements showing steady double-digit returns, even during market downturns. All rights reserved. Bernard Madoffs Manhattan penthouse, Long Island getaway and Florida estate are for sale in the hopes of raising tens of millions of dollars to help reimburse victims of his Ponzi scheme. I do not agree, Judge Chin wrote about the victims. There was yet another home in the south of France, private jets and a yacht. His death was announced by the Bureau of Prisons. . I'm Melissa Block. Now, all the money is gone, the judge said. [23], In 2012, Chin presided over the criminal sentencing of Anil Kumar, a senior executive of McKinsey and Company in the Galleon Group insider trading investigation. Madoff raised his profile by using the expertise to help launch Nasdaq, the first electronic stock exchange, and became so respected that he advised the Securities and Exchange Commission on the system. Aside from an accountant accused of helping Madoff hide the scheme, no one else has been criminally charged. Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect, Pence won't commit to supporting Trump if he's the nominee. He stole from the poor. I said, So basically youre splitting the baby? the judge remembered. The report said the trustee has located assets and businesses "of interest" in 11 places: Great Britain, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas. "We never quite got the hang of developing business that was the hard part," he said. (Its season tickets for the New York Mets went for $38,100.) Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to CBS News. "You see how our system works," he said. Andrew Denney. He decided to review it again the following day. On the other hand, because he is one of few Asian-American federal judges, "I know that I have to do a good job, because I know that if I screw up, it's not just me," it will be the "Chinese judge" that screwed up. After the meeting, a lawyer for the family contacted regulators, who alerted federal prosecutors and the FBI. He also wrote that he had received no letters on Mr. Madoffs behalf: The absence of such support is telling.. Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother The terms require the Madoffs to sell a $7 million Manhattan apartment where Ruth Madoff still lives. He knew he would be arriving at work early. He directed Klayman to explain the letter and in open court Klayman stated that he had written the letter because Chin was Asian. [9][13], In 2001, Chin rejected a motion by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to dismiss a lawsuit that the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) filed against it. Judge Denny Chin: Born To Run Time for a quick break from Biglaw and bonuses. Don't you get it? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. As Fordham University School of Law's inaugural Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit says he . . The Madoffs also took a severe financial hit: A judge issued a $171 billion forfeiture order in June 2009 stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80 million in assets his wife, Ruth, had claimed were hers. Judge Chin noted in the interviews that 20 or 25 years would have effectively been a life sentence for Mr. Madoff, and any additional years would have been purely symbolic. Judge Denny Chin. In a meeting with his sons, he confided that his business was "all just one big lie.". This contrasted with Madoff's attorney, Ira Sorkin, who spoke in a halting and, at times, qualified language. Klayman explained that he and his client were concerned that Chin had ruled against them because Klayman had engaged in activities that some had portrayed as being anti-Asian. Outside the courthouse, her husband Ron said they were so fooled by Madoff that they were proud when their son was hired to work for the man who would one day destroy his family's finances. Another son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. And Madoff's brother, Peter, who helped run the business, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2012, despite claims he was in the dark about his brother's misdeeds. Madoffs scam cost Wiesels foundation $15.2m. They had a $7 million Manhattan apartment, an $11 million estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and a $4 million home on the tip of Long Island. As well as Wiesel, investors in Madoffs company included the actors Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and John Malkovich, and the Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. Michael Schwartz counted himself as lucky, at least compared to his disabled twin brother, whose ability to live in a good group home was destroyed by Bernie Madoff. Other corporate victims were Royal Bank of Scotland and Man Group and Japan's Nomura Holdings. I said to my interns, What do you think? he recalled. Madoff, known as Bernie, was a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange, and was regarded for years as an investment sage. Advertising. At the time of Madoff's arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60 billion. We trusted everything in his hands," Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, whose foundation lost $15.2 million, said in 2009. ", Trending News The request was denied. He would include the story in his draft. They worked hard," said Thomas Morling, who worked closely with the Madoff brothers in the mid-1980s setting up and running computers that made their firm a trusted leader in off-floor trading. I mean, serial killers get a death sentence, but thats virtually what he gave me.. The Madoff family took a severe financial hit: a judge issued a $171bn forfeiture order in June 2009, stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80m in assets his wife, Ruth, had claimed were hers. The list of those scammed included actor Kevin Bacon, Hall of Fame baseball player Sandy Koufax and film director Steven Spielberg's charitable foundation, Wunderkinder. "I dug myself deeper into a hole" as the scheme progressed, Madoff said, adding that he would "live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life.". At various times, he referred to his monumental fraud as a "problem," "an error of judgment" and "a tragic mistake. From 1994 until his appointment to the Second Circuit, he served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. For reasons of symbolism, and to further the principles of retribution and deterrence and to keep faith with victims, Bernard Madoff was sentenced to a 150 years in prison. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Pak was convicted by a jury and sentenced by Chin to 5 years in prison.[20]. Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to CBS News.. 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