deaths Bernie Madoff, operator of world's largest Ponzi scheme, dead at 82 Rob Beschizza

Bernie Madoff Bernie Madoff story, with new interviews Mark Frauenfelder

Technology North Korea just yoinked $1.5 billion from crypto bros to fund more missiles Ellsworth Toohey

money 5 most evil con artists in history: Their shocking scams revealed  Ellsworth Toohey

police US Police have stolen $68 billion in the past 20 years from American citizens without due process Thom Dunn

Business The guy who figured out Bernie Madoff's scam now says GE is about to go bankrupt Cory Doctorow

class war Generations aren't really important (but class is) Cory Doctorow

con artists Russia's "Bernie Madoff" has been pulling a multi-billion dollar scam for decades, and his victims love him Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Feds charge hedge-fund managers with $1B embezzlement Cory Doctorow

interviews Why we can't help getting ripped off by con artists Mark Frauenfelder

Business US cops seized more through asset forfeiture in 2014 than US criminals stole through burglary Cory Doctorow

tips Good advice from bad people Boing Boing