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Madoff’s Ponzi Investment Fraud: A Social Capital Analysis
Manning, Paul
Manning, Paul
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2017-05-08
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Purpose: The social network analysis of criminal networks at both the ego and socio-centric level is well established. This purpose of this study is to expand this literature with a social capital analysis of a criminal network. The focus of the analysis will be the recent egregious investment fraud of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS).
Design/methodology/approach: This research involves a case study of the BLMIS financial fraud. The article uses a social capital theoretical lens, with archival sources taken from the court records of Madoff v. NY to include victim impact statements and the defendant’s Plea Allocution.
Findings: Financial crime literature can be expanded with a social capital analysis which facilitates a socio-economic analysis of ego-centric criminal networks.
Research limitations/implications: Each financial crime is of its time; however, there are recurring socio-economic network characteristics that could be applied to develop an understanding of criminal networks.
Practical implications: Any understanding of financial crime, including contemporary instances of criminal innovation, such as cyber-crime, can be enhanced with a social capital analysis of criminal networks.
Originality/value: A social capital analysis of financial crime draws attention to “human factors” in criminal networks that are integral to this form of crime.
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Manning, P. (2017). Madoff’s Ponzi Investment Fraud: A Social Capital Analysis. Journal of Financial Crime, 25(2), 320-336. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-06-2017-0057
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Emerald
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Journal of Financial Crime
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10.1108/JFC-06-2017-0057
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1758-7239