Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Melrose Jewelers: Criminals with A Rolex — From Bernard Madoff to the Common Thief

Running arguably the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of the world, Bernard Madoff stole over $50 billion dollars from his investors, including Rolex. Supposedly, Rolex lost 1 billion Swiss francs ($900) in the criminal web of high finance fraud, leading directly to the resignation of Rolex Chief Executive Patrick Heiniger. Bernard Madoff loved Rolex watches, and he is not the first or last criminal, both big and small, to translate such a love of luxury into greed larceny. Although Madoff did not steal any Rolex watches directly, his actions severely damaged the company.
In a piece for the London [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers

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