Quotes from Andrew Kirtzman

The youthful SEC staffers were so dazzled to be at Madoff headquarters that they occasionally inquired about job openings at the company. "They would say, 'Can we get jobs—can we give you our résumés?'" Solomon said. "We'd say, 'Send them through to our offices.' A couple of them dropped résumés off." The secretary was appalled. "No wonder they never found anything," she said.

Madoff received so many death threats that he started wearing a bulletproof vest to his court appearances. Protestors sometimes gathered outside his apartment building, including an angry Wall Street trader who arrived on January 14 with a huge sign reading, "Bernie, it's not too late to do the right thing: JUMP!