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From Wondry, I'm Lindsey Graham and this is American Scandal.

Today we're wrapping up our series on Bernie Madoff.

For decades, Madoff was considered a titan of Wall Street.

He managed tens of billions of dollars in investments and was even chairman of the NASDAQ.

Few others in the world of finance commanded as much respect and influence as Bernie Madoff.

That's partly why in late 2008, the public was shocked to learn that Madoff was a conman.

For years, he'd been running a massive Ponzi scheme.

And after he was arrested and the scheme unraveled, Madoff's investors learned

an even more shocking truth billions of dollars of their money were gone.

The story of Bernie Madoff raised concerns about regulators and their relationship to the finance industry.

But it also raised profound questions about conmen like Madoff.

Investors and the public were left to wonder how Madoff managed to dop so many for so long.

Today I'll speak with Diana Henriquez, who covered Wall Street and the Madoff case for the New York Times.

Henriquez is also the author of the book, The Wizard of Lies, Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust.

While researching that book, she had the chance to interview Madoff in person.

We'll talk about what Madoff was like and how he was able to exploit the trust of so many people.

We'll also discuss the steps that officials are taking to protect us from the next Bernie Madoff.

Our conversation is next.

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