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Markopolos: SEC “Couldn’t Be Bothered”

“I gift wrapped and delivered the largest Ponzi scheme in history to them and somehow they couldn’t be bothered to conduct a thorough and proper investigation,” he just told Congress, referring to the SEC’s performance on the Madoff case.

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