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Barack Obama: “This scam is at least a decade old, owing its success to 'multiple failures' at the SEC and elsewhere to catch this…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
This scam is at least a decade old, owing its success to 'multiple failures' at the SEC and elsewhere to catch this crook.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the SEC's failure to detect Madoff's fraud.

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