[BretLudwig]

The Steve Sailer Man of the Year Award for Annoyingly Relentless
Skepticism
goes to ...

"Harry Markopolos, who has been a complete pain-in-the-ass for the last
nine years as he tried to alert a world that totally didn't want to hear
about it that Bernie Madoff's money management business was actually a
$50
billion pyramid scam. The WSJ reports:

Harry Markopolos, who years ago worked for a rival firm, researched
Mr. Madoff's stock-options strategy and was convinced the results likely
weren't real.

"Madoff Securities is the world's largest Ponzi Scheme," Mr.
Markopolos, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission in 1999.

Mr. Markopolos pursued his accusations over the past nine years,
dealing with both the New York and Boston bureaus of the SEC, according
to
documents he sent to the SEC reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
In a statement late Friday, the SEC said "staff from the Division of
Enforcement in New York completed an investigation in 2007, and did not
refer the matter to the Commission for enforcement action." The SEC said
it reopened the investigation Thursday. It's not clear what the focus of
the 2007 investigation was, or why it was closed. A person familiar with
the matter said it related to issues raised by Mr. Markopolos."

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2008/12/s...award-for.html

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