Bernard Madoff. Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff (/ˈmeɪdɒf/;[3] born April 29, 1938) is an American convicted of fraud and a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier.
He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market,[4] and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to be the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.[5] On December 10, 2008, 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, and quoted him as describing it as "one big lie".[14][15][16] The following day, FBI agents arrested Madoff and charged him with one count of securities fraud. The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had previously conducted investigations into Madoff's business practices, but had not uncovered the massive fraud.[8] Early life Career. Mary Bell. Mary Flora Bell (born 26 May 1957) is a British woman who, as a child, strangled to death two little boys in Scotswood, an inner-city suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne.
She was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of the two boys, Martin Brown (aged four) and Brian Howe (aged three). Bell was 11 when she was convicted for killing Brown and Howe.[1] Since her release from prison in 1980, she has lived under a series of pseudonyms. Her identity has been protected by a court order, which has also been extended to protect the identity of her daughter. In 1998, Bell collaborated with Gitta Sereny on an account of her life, in which she details the abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her mother, a prostitute, and her mother's clients. Early life[edit] Bell's mother Betty (née McCrickett) was a prostitute who was often absent from the family home, travelling to Glasgow to work.
Matthew Brady. Matthew Brady (1799 – 4 May 1826) was a notorious bushranger in Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) in the early 19th century.
He was sometimes known as the "Gentleman Bushranger" due to his good treatment and fine manners when robbing his victims. Volker Eckert. Volker Eckert (1 July 1959 – 2 July 2007) was a German truck driver and serial killer who confessed to the murders of six women, five of whom were prostitutes.
He was accused of committing 19 murders in France, Spain and Germany between 1974 and 2006. Auto Shankar. Thug Behram. Thug Bertram (ca 1765–1840) of the Thuggee cult in India, was one of the world's most prolific killers.
He may have murdered up to 931 victims by strangulation between 1790–1840 with the ceremonial cloth (or rumal, which in Hindi means handkerchief), used by his cult.[1][2] Behram was executed in 1840 by hanging. Biography[edit] While Behram is sometimes suspected to have committed 931 murders, James Paton, an East India Company officer working for the Thuggee and Dacoity Office in the 1830s who wrote a manuscript on Thuggee, quotes Behram as saying he had "been present" at 931 cases of murder, and "I may have strangled with my own hands about 125 men, and I may have seen strangled 150 more.
"[3] The English word 'Thug' is in fact borrowed from the word 'Thuggee', although the use of the word today differs from the true reality of the 'Thuggee'. Behram used his cummerbund as a rumal to execute his killings, with a large medallion sewn into it. Hassan Ngeze. Hassan Ngeze (born 25 December 1957) is a Rwandan journalist best known for spreading anti-Tutsi propaganda and Hutu superiority through his newspaper, Kangura, which he founded in 1990.[1] Ngeze was a founding member[1] and leadership figure in the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (CDR), a Rwandan Hutu fascist political party that is known for helping to incite the genocide.[3][4] Ngeze is best known for publishing the "Hutu Ten Commandments" in the December edition of Kangura in 1990, which were essential in creating and spreading the anti-Tutsi feeling among Rwandan Hutus that led to the Rwandan Genocide.
Biography[edit] Public Enemy Pictures" 10 of the Biggest Lies in History" According to myth, a young George Washington confessed to cutting down a cherry tree by proclaiming, "I cannot tell a lie.
" The story is testament to how much respect Americans have for their cherished first president and honesty in general. Unfortunately, in the annals of history it seems there are 10 dishonest scoundrels for every honorable hero like Washington. Supposedly, the truth can set you free. But for many, deceit holds the key to money, fame, revenge or power, and these prove all too tempting. In history, this has often resulted in elaborate hoaxes, perjuries, and forgeries that had enormous ripple effects. In the following pages, we'll go over some of the most colossal and significant lies in history.
Without further ado, let's delve into one of the oldest and most successful lies on record. The 6 Most Horrific Bosses of All Time. Think about the worst boss you have ever had.
At any point did you find yourself describing him or her as the "worst boss ever"? Because you were wrong. There are bosses in the post-slavery era who took the normal "horrible boss" stereotype and raised it to astonishing, horrifying new heights. So just be glad you didn't work for... Who? Do you ever dream of making enough money that you can pay (or force) people to act out your video games for you? Good or bad?