Preventing Another Madoff: Reengineering the SEC’s Investigation Process
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Publication Date:
July 22, 2015
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Harvard Kennedy School
Bernard Madoff perpetrated a $60 billion fraud that lasted for more than a decade. The fallout ruined the lives of many of his investors and significantly damaged the reputation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). How did the federal agency entrusted to protect investors fail to discover the Ponzi scheme? The question is more salient because a financial expert alerted the SEC to the likely fraud and was ignored, not just once, but many times over a multiyear period. The case provides the context to explore questions such as: What was the SEC’s investigation process? Why did it fail to uncover the fraud? What was the role of organizational structure and culture in the debacle? How could the SEC reengineer its processes to prevent such schemes? Case number 1950
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