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The conflict-of-interest case involving David M. Becker, the former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is being referred to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation.

A “Madoff effect” and the smarting memory of the dot-com bust have combined to produce a newly cautious class of limited partners.

Every day for two years, he carried the toxic burden of a name that meant fraud to the world. On Saturday, the eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself in his Manhattan apartment, another casualty in the saga that sent his father to prison and swindled thousands of their life savings.

The new enforcement team at the Securities and Exchange Commission is working to police Wall Street -- and to shake off the psychic blow of the Bernard L.

Madoff affair.

NEW YORK - Two former employees for Bernard Madoff programmed an old IBM computer to generate false records that concealed the money manager's massive Ponzi scheme and were given hush money when they threatened to stop lying, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist, was one of the largest investors in the Ponzi scheme run by Bernard L. Madoff.

His death was confirmed by the Palm Beach Police Department, which said it had received an emergency call at 12:09 p.m. from Mr.

The Montauk, N.Y., beach house that once belonged to Bernard L. Madoff has been sold for more than the $8.75 million asking price, the listing agent said.

This week, federal marshals are putting Bernard L. Madoff’s beach house on the market, in the first of a string of asset sales intended to raise funds for the investors he defrauded.

Sheryl Weinstein, the chief financial officer of an organization that invested with Bernard L. Madoff, will soon release a memoir disclosing the relationship.