Fedral authorties are calling it one of Wall Street's biggest Ponzi Scheme and they say the man behind
it is Bernard Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Madoff allegedly took money from
new investors to fund big payouts to his older clients giving off the apperance of a huge rate of return.
Jerry Reisman represents some of the investors who say they were duped. He says at first he wondered how
such savvy business people could fall for the scam. But it did not take him long to figure out Madoff's
game. (투자자들의 대리 변호사의 말) "He was in the right settings, He played golf at the right places. He
ate the lunch at the right places and ate the dinner with the right people and what he did was he was
able to suck them in and he was able to prey upon them, gain their confidence and got them to bring in
other investors."
Madoff was arrested for securities fraud last week. He is free on a ten million dollar bond. "We are
acutely focused with our colleagues in the Southern Dist. Of NY and the FBI to figure out exactly what's
going on to persue the case. We have got to preserve assets to the extent we are able to and bring everyone
who was reponsible for the conduct at the Madoff firm to justice." The assets of Madoff's firm were
frozen last week they will be liquidated in bankruptcy court. On Monday a New York judge signed an order
to protect the affected inverstors. He also appointed a trustee to preside over the liquidation of the
Madoff firm's funds.
Mike Grossia, The Associated Press
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* ponzi : 다단계 금융 사기
* scheme : 음모, 계획
참고] Ponzi scheme : 폰지형(型) 이자(利子) 사기 방식(피라미드식 이식(利殖) 사기 수법).
〔<이탈리아 태생의 미국의 사기꾼 Charles Ponzi (1877-1949)〕-> 헉...-_-;;
* stock exchange : 주식거래소
* allegedly : 《문장 수식》 (진위는 모르나) 주장하는 바에 따르면, 들리는 바에 의하면
* fund : 자금을 공급하다
* payout : 지불(금)
* give off : ~을 풍기다, 내다, 발하다
* return : 수익
* dupe : [사람]을 속이다, 속기 쉬운 사람, 얼간이
* savvy : 빈틈없는, 잘 아는, 영리한, 경험 있고 박식한, 이해력, 분별, 기지, 판단력 (또는 savvey)
* fall for : ~에게 속다, 걸려[말려] 들다, ~에게 반하다
* scam : 신용 사기, 계획 도산, ~을 속이다
* suck in : 남을 속이다
* fraud : 사기
* bond : 보석금(증서)
* acutely : 날카롭게
* Dist. : district - 관할 구역, 지구
* asset : 자산s
* to the extent : ~ 할 정도까지
* liquidate : [회사 따위를 ] 청산하다
* trustee : 피신탁인, 신탁관리인, 수탁자
* preside over : 주인역을 맡다, ~을 주관하다, 감독하다
