{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Bernard Madoff: The Biggest Lie on Wall Street - Part 2: The Perfect Pitch","description":"The first lie worked because it looked boring. That was the genius of Bernard Madoff’s pitch. He did not sell fantasy. He sold calm. He sold consistency. And for wealthy investors, that can sound a lot like wisdom. The returns were smooth, the reputation was polished, and the man at the center of it all looked like someone who had already passed every test.\r\n\r\nBy the time the advisory business was pulling in real money, Madoff had learned a powerful lesson. In finance, people do not only buy gains. They buy access. They buy belonging. They buy the feeling that they are close to something selective and hard to reach. Madoff understood all of that. He wrapped his pitch in restraint and scarcity. And that made it feel more credible, not less.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/madoff-ponzi","author_name":"The Archive Network"}