Madoff, Exhibit A: The Client List

Madoff’s clients as filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Among the names found on the list, several CPAs.

Also: Several politicians, including former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. and his ex-wife, Phyllis George. And Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

A host of law firms. Among them: Melvyn Weiss and David Bershad, the two convicted Milberg Weiss law firm partners. Their firm was indicted in 2006 for paying kickbacks to name plaintiffs to file class action lawsuits. Milberg LLP settled with the government for $75 million in June 2008.

Hollywood and the literati set has its representatives: director Steven Spielberg; actors Kevin Bacon and John Malkovich; talk-show host Larry King; and author Elie Wiesel.

Several investment advisory firms, including Argent Wealth Management, Bank of America Private Bank, Citi Smith Barney, Citigroup Private Banking, Fairfield Greenwich, Fleet Bank and Ivy Asset Management, made the list, along with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein.

FREE DOWNLOAD: Exhibit A – The Madoff client list (163 pages, PDF)

Busy Season May Never Be the Same Again

Big changes coming for CPAs.

by Rick Telberg

This is traditionally the season when auditors and finance executives buckle down for a season of year-end closes, year-ahead budgeting and annual audits. No wonder they call it “busy season.”

But this may be the last of the “busy seasons” as many CPAs know it. That’s because so much is changing in accounting and auditing that future busy seasons could be a lot different from past busy seasons.

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