
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RED FLAG SYSTEM
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meltdown caused an unprecedented number of Madoff’s investors to
decide to leave the stock market for safer havens. Madoff could not raise
the funds necessary to cover the increasing demands for redemptions.
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Law enforcement is more typically reactive than proactive. It usually
responds to complaints. It has neither the resources nor the mandate to act
as a guardian angel to detect and prevent fraud.
The bottom line: History shows that you cannot rely solely on laws,
regulators, or law enforcement to prevent fraud because white- collar
criminals invariably nd a way around those barriers. It almost goes ...