Bernard Lawrence “Bernie” Madoff Shamele Jones Strayer University ENG 215 Professor Erica Ellsworth August 05‚ 2011 Thesis Bernie Madoff was one of the most prolific Ponzi-scheme artists in history. Madoff schemes netted him millions of dollars. Mr. Madoff used his BMIS Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities a New York Limited Liability company‚ to commit fraud‚ money laundering‚ and perjury. This is just a few things that Mr. Bernard Madoff has done to many innocent investors‚ who
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committed (including citing the applicable federal statutes) and describe the actions that he undertook that constituted the commissions of those crimes. Madoff and his investment firm was charged with securities fraud‚ for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. The scheme wasn’t revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint says that during the first week of December 2008‚ Madoff confided to a senior employee‚ identified as one of his sons‚ that he said he was
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Memories from our childhoods are often remembered for the rest of our lives. They can range from small things like playing in the park or a birthday party to important milestones such as a first kiss or the first day of school. Now matter how small or insignificant these events seemed at the time‚ they will be treasured for ever and looked back on as some of the best times of your life. The memories are normally reminders of good times and the joys of childhood. But for some people‚ their childhoods
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A Critical analysis of ‘England in 1819’ At the beginning of the 19th century England became a place of both social and political unrest. The King‚ George III‚ was slowly dying‚ leaving the country in the hands of his ministers. With this‚ the idea of liberty began to grow‚ attacking the ruling classes who remained selfish and in power . Thus‚ with this in mind‚ Shelley uses ‘England in 1819’ and several other political poems to directly express his views on politics and morality during the period
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first eight-line part is called the octave‚ with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba; the second six-line part is called the sestet‚ with a rhyme scheme of cdecde. Gradually the Italian sonnet pattern was changed. Since Shakespeare attained fame for the greatest poems of this modified type‚ his name has often been given to the English form of the sonnet. The English sonnet is made up of three quatrains and a concluding couplet‚ with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. In the Shakespearean sonnet each
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Sonnet 130 and My Ugly Love Contrast and Comparison Shakespeare’s sonnet 130‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of their beloved with what they and the audience would like to hear‚ with kind and breathtaking words and verses. Yet‚ Shakespeare and Neruda‚ honest men as they both were‚ chose to write
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stock market (Monica Gagnier‚ 2008). But Madoff became famous for a very different reason on December 10‚ 2008 when Madoff ’s sons told authorities that their father had confessed to them that the asset management unit of his firm was a massive Ponzi scheme. On March 12‚ 2009‚ Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies‚ including securities fraud‚ wire fraud‚ mail fraud‚ money laundering‚ making false statements‚ perjury‚ theft from an employee benefit plan‚ and making false filings with the SEC.
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question‚" as if being free and being happy were the same thing. "The Unknown Citizen" uses the old-fashion style‚ eventhough it is written in modern era. The writer‚ Auden‚ is known as a master of of the rhyming couplet (AA‚ BB)‚ the simplest rhyme scheme in English. Auden is considered a "modernist" writer‚ but his work is unlike that of any other poet of the past century. The Unknown Citizen deserves a central place in our nation’s capital‚ considering all his huge accomplishments like having five
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EMA Task 1 Compare and Contrast John Agard’s ‘Listen Mr Oxford Don’ and Benjamin Zephaniah’s ‘No rights Red and Half Dead’ This essay will aim to compare and contrast the two poems ‘Listen Mr Oxford Don’ by John Agard and ‘No rights Red and Half Dead’ by Benjamin Zephaniah‚ using the study diamond and commenting on their effects‚ the techniques used within them‚ interpretations of their meanings and any relevant contextual information. First up the essay will appraise each poem succinctly
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structure as Shakespeare’s other sonnets‚ containing fourteen lines and written in iambic pentameter‚ and composed of three rhyming quatrains with a rhyming couplet at the end. However‚ it does not follow the traditional English rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Rather‚ the scheme is ABAB CDCD EBEB FF. As noted by Bernhard Frank‚ Sonnet 29 includes two distinct sections with the Speaker explaining his current depressed state of mind in the first octave and then conjuring what appears to be a happier image
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