将比尔•盖茨、泰格•伍兹和罗曼•阿布拉莫维奇的财富加到一起，想象一下有人诈骗了那么多钱并被世人称道为金融大亨。

他就是伯纳德•麦道夫。在政府及跨国银行的支持下，麦道夫从慈善组织以及包括史蒂芬•斯皮尔伯格在内的个人投资者手中骗走了650亿美元，最终被他亲身儿子揭发。穿着睡衣的麦道夫打开家门，被美国联邦调查局的人逮捕。他被提起11项控诉，被判11项罪名成立，而后他从寓居大厦顶层豪华阁楼的富翁沦为阶下囚，最后只剩下10亿美元。 麦道夫事件反应了史上最大诈骗高手的人生起落。这是反映贪婪、背叛、谎言的故事，涵盖了无所顾忌的冒险、家庭悲剧和金融灾难。

穷根究底的记者伊恩•亚温卢德早在2001年首次揭发了麦道夫，可是华尔街以及整个世界无人顾其言辞。在这本令世人震惊的书中她回答了很关键却迄今无人回答的问题：是什么原因以及在什么时候麦道夫将自己的生意变成了一大骗术？他怎能把这么多的投资者愚弄这么久？谁知道真相？而伯纳德•麦道夫到底是谁？

Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money - and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and global banks, Madoff defrauded $65 billion from charities and individual investors including Stephen Spielberg. Finally turned in by his own sons, Madoff opened his door in his dressing gown to be arrested by the FBI. Eleven charges and eleven guilty verdicts later he swapped his penthouse for a prison cell. Only $1 billion was left. Madoff is the first definitive account of the rise and fall of the biggest fraudster ever. It's a story of greed, betrayal and lies, of remorseless risk-taking, family tragedy and financial disaster. Investigative reporter Erin Arvedlund was the first to expose Madoff back in 2001, but Wall Street and the world didn't listen. In this astonishing book, she answers the crucial unsolved questions: why and when did Madoff turn his business into a massive fraud? How did he fool so many investors for so long? Who knew the truth? And who, ultimately, is Bernard Madoff?