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Nov 4

Chicago Business Book Club Meeting

Carleton Business Book Club Meeting

Friday, November 4th, 2011
7:30 am / Panera Bread
map of Chicago Business Book Club Meeting

Sherman and Church Streets, Evanston

 

The Carleton Business Book Club

Friday, November 4, 2011
7:30 to 8:45 a.m.
 

Panera at Sherman & Church Streets, Evanston
(in the meeting room)

 

One Man Saw It Coming

 

In 2000, a numbers cruncher at a Boston derivatives firm, Harry Markopolous, first alerted the Boston office of the SEC to his belief that Bernie Madoff was running a fraudulent investment scheme. Over the next eight years, Markopolous and the investigative team he assembled proceeded to gather more and more evidence and to provide increasingly persistent and detailed notices of the fraud to the SEC. Markopolous’ warnings fell on deaf ears. In his book, Markopolous details not only his team’s investigation and frustration, but also the various industry conflicts and agency shortcomings that allowed the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history ($65 billion) to continue for nearly a decade.

Book to read:
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, by Harry Markopolous (2010)

Join the Carleton Business Book Club at its November meeting to explore the famous financial scandal.

 

You are welcome to invite friends to read the book and participate in the conversation, Carleton alums or not. 

Don Rawitsch ’72

(If you need further information, contact the Alumni Relations Office at 800-729-2586 or alumni-office@carleton.edu.)

 

Sponsored by Chicago Carleton Club. Contact: Jeanne Estrem