Thurgood Marshall U.S. (Courtesy photo) Fordham's Center on Asian Americans and the Law, believed to be a first-of-its-kind institution . Chin assumed senior status on June 1, 2021. Denny Chin is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The order left her with $2.5 million. The convicted swindler stood before the judge and his victims and said, I live in a tormented state knowing the pain and suffering I've created. Wiesel admitted that he bought into "a myth that he created around him that everything was so special, so unique, that it had to be secret.". His clients, many Jews like Madoff and Jewish charities, said they didn't know. When Klayman appealed, the 2nd Circuit affirmed Chin's sanctions. Because federal prisoners cannot be released before at least 85 percent of their sentences are served, it seems certain that Madoff will spend the rest of his life in confinement. Following his pleading, Chin revoked Madoff's $10 million bail and ordered him to report immediately to jail at the request of the federal prosecutors, citing that Madoff had both the resources and the incentive to flee before his formal sentencing. First came Dominic Ambrosino, a former corrections officer, a guy who used to be on the right side of the prison bars, as he said. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. From his grandfather, a waiter, and his father, a cook in Hell's Kitchen,. Chin sentenced Kumar to 2 years of probation. But what the agency never found out was that behind the scenes, in a separate office kept under lock and key, Madoff was secretly spinning a web of phantom wealth by using cash from new investors to pay returns to old ones. 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Gorenstein, a magistrate judge who had reached into the wooden wheel that is used to randomly assign cases in the courthouse and selected an envelope that contained Judge Chins name. He would include the story in his draft. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. "That's something I live with, as well," he said. Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju Helped Win Landmark Ruling in India, Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), Jamar Walker 11 Makes History as First LGBT Federal Judge in Virginia, Sean Onwualu 24 Trades in Playbooks for Casebooks, LGBT Rights Litigators To Receive Jefferson Medals in Law, Big Data and War: Can a Cyberattack Warrant an Armed Response? A $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claims a sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself can go to trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Madoff's lawyers had dubbed the sentence beyond 12 years as having no practical purpose. Chin said the lawsuit contained sufficient facts to make it plausible that the suicide was foreseeable, that police had a duty to protect Conradt from killing himself, and that the officers and NBC acted with deliberate indifference. The victims who came forward testified that they had suffered financial ruin because of Madoff's fraud. After the meeting, a lawyer for the family contacted regulators, who alerted federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. About a dozen Madoff employees and associates were charged in the federal case. / CBS/AP. Wiesel described him as one of the greatest scoundrels, thieves, liars, criminals. Chin said he thought being Asian-American was an advantage for him because it gave him the opportunity to do good things, such as pro bono work for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Denny Chin, Southern District of New York Court site, "Chin Shares Experiences as Federal District Court Judge, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denny_Chin&oldid=1133235341, This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 20:46. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called the scope of the fraud "staggering" and gave the 71-year-old financier the maximum sentence allowed, ensuring Madoff would live out his days behind bars. Two years later, Judge Chins recollections resurrect all the anger, shock and confusion that surrounded Mr. Madoffs crimes, and provide a rare peek at the excruciating pressure faced by a judge who had to balance the law, the publics emotions and his own deeply held beliefs while meting out a sentence that was just and satisfied the courts need to send a message. "I realised that my arrest and this day would inevitably come.". He became so hated he had to wear a bulletproof vest to court. Mr. Ambrosino's motor home is no longer for vacations. Chin tossed out many of Patricia Conradt's claims but said her principal claims could proceed to trial. "I dug myself deeper into a hole" as the scheme progressed, Madoff said, adding that he would "live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life.". Moreover, any sentence of less than 150 years could be seen as showing him mercy. "When I sentenced Mr. Madoff in 2009, it was . Judges are advised to give the toughest sentences to those who have stolen up to $400 million. Roadways to the Bench: Who Me? I would literally take his naturalization petition, which I have framed in my chambers, and hold it up to the citizens.". Another son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. Judge Chin Leaving Seat, Along With Pa. 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After the meeting, a lawyer for the family contacted regulators, who alerted federal prosecutors and the FBI. Authorities say that over the years, at least $13 billion was invested with Madoff. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said, "Here, the message must be sent that Mr. Madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil and that this kind of irresponsible manipulation of the system is not. This contrasted with Madoff's attorney, Ira Sorkin, who spoke in a halting and, at times, qualified language. On October 6, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. On the other hand, because he is one of few Asian-American federal judges, "I know that I have to do a good job, because I know that if I screw up, it's not just me," it will be the "Chinese judge" that screwed up. Mr. GEORGE NIERENBERG: I called him Madoff. His other son, Andrew, died of cancer in 2014. "I am embarrassed and ashamed," she said. And I got into Bernie Madoff. Before the sentence was handed down, Madoff faced the wrath of nine of the hundreds of people he cheated in the fraud that wiped out fortunes large and small. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. After spending several months under house arrest at his $7m penthouse apartment, he was led off to jail in handcuffs, to scattered applause from angry investors in the courtroom. He began his Wall Street career in 1960 alongside his brother Peter with a few thousand dollars saved from working as a lifeguard and installing sprinklers. Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from hundreds of investors over decades in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history. In 2009, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison, a verdict he said sent a message his crimes were "extraordinarily evil, and that this kind of manipulation of the . DiPascali recounted for jurors how just before the scheme was exposed, Madoff called him into his office. He stole from the in between. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin showed no mercy, sentencing Madoff to the maximum 150 years in prison. The students were about 55 percent Asian-American, when the population in New York City is only about 10 percent Asian-American. Victims of Mr Madoff's fraud included celebrities and everyday people, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Five went on trial in late 2013 and watched DiPascali take the witness stand as the government's star witness. Madoff was sent to do what amounted to a life sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex, about 45 miles northwest of Raleigh, N.C. . Prosecutors let her keep $2.5m from the the $825m fortune the couple once possessed. "When Peter or Bernie said something that they were going to do, their word was their bond," Morling said in a 2008 interview. "Here, the message must be sent that Mr. Madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil and that this kind of irresponsible manipulation of the system is not merely a bloodless financial crime that takes place just on paper, but it is instead one that takes a staggering human toll," Chin said. We thought he was God; we trusted everything in his hands, Elie Wiesel, the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, said in the same year. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called the scope of the fraud "staggering" and gave the 71-year-old financier the maximum sentence allowed, ensuring Madoff would live out his days behind bars. ", "I'm terminally ill," he said. "How could somebody do this to us? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. "They were two struggling kids from Queens. A Class of 1975 graduate, Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of California and Hawaii. / AP. U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Denny Chin, a Chinese immigrant who grew up in a Hell's Kitchen tenement, is the subject of a newly released Pathways to the Bench video profile, the eighth in a video series in which federal judges talk about challenges that helped prepare them to serve justice. Judge Chin then began reading his statement from the bench, adding a few phrases to acknowledge what he had seen and heard in court that morning. Although he went through an extensive background check, "my confirmation hearing took about five minutes, maybe three minutes it was that simple.". His grandfather had already established himself in America as a waiter, and his father became a chef and his mother worked as a seamstress. Mr Madoff,the son of European immigrants who grew up in New York,set up his eponymous firm Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities in 1960. The order left her with $2.5 million. A court-appointed trustee has recovered more than $13 billion of an estimated $17.5 billion that investors put into Madoff's business. On March 23, 2011, Chin rejected Google's plan to digitize every book published, saying the plan violated copyright laws. [1] [2] Prior to his appointment, Chin served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern . Read about our approach to external linking. Madoff "made a very good impression," Wiesel said during a 2009 panel discussion on the scandal. Thanks (I guess) Judge Chin, 57, said he learned he had received the Madoff case from his staff as he entered his chambers on March 6, 2009, after a court proceeding. Madoff was in a bathrobe when two FBI agents arrived at his door unannounced on a December morning. [9], On October 6, 2009, President Obama nominated Chin to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Louis William Conradt Jr., a suburban Dallas prosecutor, fatally shot himself after he was accused of engaging in a sexually explicit online chat with an adult posing as a 13-year-old boy, according to a lawsuit filed by his sister. But Chin's position is unique for another reason as well he was the first Asian-American appointed to a federal district court judgeship outside the 9th Circuit, and is now just one of six Asian-American Article III judges today. Amanda Leith, a lawyer for NBC Universal, had no comment on the ruling. Madoff, a former Nasdaq chairman, had earned a reputation as a trusted money manager with a track record of delivering stellar returns in good markets and bad. Thanks (I guess) for spinning the wheel in my favor! Judge Chin wrote back. Outside the court, other victims assemble. Although the judge did not tell his staff his own views that day, he made it clear that he would not choose a term arbitrarily, nor would he compromise with a number halfway between zero and 150 years. Chin spoke informally to students in a discussion organized by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) April 1 at the Law School. I'm Melissa Block. He joined the court in 2010 after an appointment by President Barack Obama (D). The search for Madoff's assets "has unearthed a labyrinth of interrelated international funds, institutions and entities of almost unparalleled complexity and breadth," the trustee, Irving Picard, said in a 2009 report. Im surprised Chin didnt suggest stoning in the public square, he added. Biden to say in Afghanistan speech its time to end Americas longest war live, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. He recalled that as he had thought about Mr. Madoffs conduct, two words came to mind: extraordinarily evil.. [2][3][4] Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit. "He clearly represented something for a lot of people," he said. He said there may be parts of the country that are less tolerant, noting that there's no question that some Asian-American lawyers feel held back. His family moved to the United States in 1956 from Hong Kong under the Refugee Relief Act when he was just 2 years old. Judge Chin is the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University, the Spirit of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association, the Edward Weinfeld Award from the New York County Lawyers Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Judicial Friends, the Abely Award for Leading Women and Children to Safety from Sanctuary for Families, the Medal of Achievement from the Fordham Law Alumni Association, and the J. Edward Lumbard Award from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. It all came crashing down in the winter of 2008 with a dramatic confession at Madoff's 12th-floor apartment on the Upper East Side. From his decision ruling that Megan's Law could not be applied retroactively to offenders convicted before the law was enacted (earning him the unwelcome nickname of "pervert's pal" from detractors), to his decision overruling former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's decision to block the Million Youth March, led by controversial black power leader Khallid Abdul Muhammad, Chin sees it all. At the time, both were being investigated for alleged illegal fundraising activities. In the 1980s, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities occupied three floors of a midtown Manhattan high-rise. Madoffs scam cost Wiesels foundation $15.2m. She eventually gave him her own pension, funds, Judge Chin wrote in his notes. In the end, that fraud brought fresh meaning to "Ponzi scheme," named after Charles Ponzi, who was convicted of mail fraud after bilking thousands of people out of a mere $10 million between 1919 and 1920. Chin spent much of his statement utterly dismissing each argument the Madoff team put forth. Chin presided over the criminal trial of Oscar Wyatt, the Texas oil executive accused of making kick-backs to the Saddam Hussein regime during the UN Oil-For-Food Program. MIKE PESCA: Thirteen billion dollars - that is the most conservative estimate of the amount of money Bernard Madoff stole. In December 2008, as investors worried about the impending crisis started asked for their money back, Madoff called a family meeting at his Manhattan apartment, and confessed to his sons that the family business they both worked in was based on one big lie. IE 11 is not supported. Imposing a 150-year sentence in 2009, judge Denny Chin called Madoffs crimes extraordinarily evil. He invited them in, and then confessed after being asked if theres an innocent explanation, a criminal complaint said. Aside from an accountant accused of helping Madoff hide the scheme, no one else has been criminally charged. [19], Chin presided over the criminal trial of Pak Dong-seon in connection with Pak's alleged involvement in the scandal surrounding the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program. When it came Madoff's time to talk, he rose and kept two fists balled on the table as if for ballast. There, with his brother and later two sons, he ran a legitimate business as middlemen between the buyers and sellers of stock. "I also believe that Mr. Madoff was never truly remorseful, and that he was only sorry that his life as he knew it was collapsing around him," he wrote. But his investment advisory business was exposed in 2008 as a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that wiped out people's fortunes and ruined charities and foundations. The purpose of this site is to provide information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. 20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University revival tally fair than Denny Chin." As a federal district judge, Judge Chin presided over a number of high-profile cases. [17], Chin also presided over the criminal prosecution of Larry Stewart, the handwriting expert who was accused of committing perjury during the trial of Martha Stewart (no relation). The judge, explaining why he had rejected the defenses request for a substantially shorter sentence, provided two reasons why the symbolism of a much longer term was important: to send the strongest possible message of deterrence, and to help the victims heal. Last year, Mr Madoff requested early release from prison citing health problems, including kidney disease. The Madoffs also took a severe financial hit: A judge issued a $171 billion forfeiture order in June 2009 stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80 million in assets his wife, Ruth, had claimed were hers. [11] He received his judicial commission on April 23, 2010. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin showed no mercy, sentencing Madoff to the maximum 150 years in prison. In December 2010, Madoffs eldest son, Mark, was found hanged in his New York apartment on the second anniversary of the billionaire investment managers arrest for what was then described the biggest swindle in Wall Street history. Like many of his clients, Madoff and his wife enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. The terms require the Madoffs to sell a $7 million Manhattan apartment where Ruth Madoff still lives. "Like everyone else, I feel betrayed and confused. He also is suing big money managers and investors for billions of dollars, claiming they were Madoff cronies who also cashed in on the fraud. Hing) and Lily Chin (ne Yee).His father earned the right to bring a Chinese bride into the United States through his service in World War II.After Lily suffered a miscarriage in 1949 and was unable to have children, the couple adopted Vincent from a . Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect, Pence won't commit to supporting Trump if he's the nominee. He rules over civil and criminal cases, commercial cases, contract cases, murder cases, narcotics cases, "boiler room" cases and even the lawsuit regarding pictures published in Penthousethat were purportedly of tennis star Anna Kournikova; the real subject of the photos sued the magazine for printing pictures of her sunbathing topless on a public beach in Miami. Madoff's other son, Andrew, died from cancer at age 48. I would tell the new citizens about my grandfather. He was soft spoken and an intellectual. We're minorities in some ways, we've done well in some ways," he said, adding that it's still important to be involved in the Asian-American community, a goal Chin tries to honor by accepting as many invitations to events as possible. He saved the document at 9:12 a.m., printed it and soon headed for the 10 a.m. hearing which, because of the expected crowds, would be held in the courts expansive ceremonial courtroom. 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Michael Livermore Weighs In, Podcast: Global Crisis Triggered by Knowledge Economy, Says Paul B. Stephan 77. Judge Chin also learned that day that Mr. Madoff would plead guilty to all 11 counts against him, including fraud, money laundering and perjury. "You see how our system works," he said. Citing data that showed Mr. Madoff, who was then 71, could expect to live about 13 more years, Mr. Sorkin asked for a term of 12 years just short of an effective life sentence, as he put it suggesting that Mr. Madoff might be allowed a year of freedom before he died. [14] At the time, the PTC had been campaigning for advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of WWE's flagship program SmackDown because it believed that the program caused the violent deaths of four children. "The man who committed this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years. Copyright 2009 NPR. At the time of Madoff's arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60 billion. The whole goddamn thing is a fraud.'". Bernie Madoff was born in 1938 in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the New York borough of Queens. The judge called Madoff's deeds "extraordinarily evil," and said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might try to perpetuate a comparable fraud. "It was a very vigorous job process because once you have the job you have it for life," he added. dismissed a lawsuit by a Florida man who blamed the Atkins. Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff's request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses. [8][9], Following a 1978 to 1980 clerkship with Judge Henry Werker in the Southern District, Chin worked for the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1980 to 1982. As of late 2008, the statements claimed investor accounts totaled $65 billion. Although Chin said that by and large he has not experienced discrimination as a judge, there have been some incidents that happened because of his race. v. Both of Madoff's sons have died, Andrew from cancer at age 48 and Mark from suicide at age 46 in 2010. "I also believe that Mr. Madoff was never truly remorseful, and that he. Weeks before Bernard Madoff's December arrest, statements showed that his firm had $56 billion in accounts. Madoff was in a bathrobe when two FBI agents arrived at his door unannounced on a December morning. As Michael Patrick noted when he introduced Judge Chin at the luncheon at which he received New York County Lawyers Association's Edward Weinfeld Award: "Denny presided over both high profile and low pro-file cases. But he added that it was important to remember the history of Asians in the United States, and mentioned in particular the Korematsu case and the Japanese internment camps during World War II. The global financial crisis of 2008 prompted the scheme to unravel, leaving thousands of victims bereft of their savings and Madoff as an avatar for the failure of regulators and financial corruption. When he applied for the judgeship, he was just 39, but there were 10 vacancies in the Southern District of New York for President Clinton to fill. After the sentencing, Ruth Madoff said in a statement that she felt "betrayed and confused" by the actions of her husband. #inline-recirc-item--id-942a1cd6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-942a1cd6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Updated on: April 14, 2021 / 7:00 PM US District Judge Denny Chin showed no mercy, sentencing Madoff to the maximum 150 years in prison. Bernard Madoff, the one-time Wall Street titan who orchestrated one of the largest frauds in history, has died in prison aged 82. They worked hard," said Thomas Morling, who worked closely with the Madoff brothers in the mid-1980s setting up and running computers that made their firm a trusted leader in off-floor trading. UK banks were also among those who lost money, with HSBC Holdings saying it had exposure of around $1bn. "I'm looking for people who are smart, I'm looking for people I can work with," said Chin, who gets 500 applications for clerkships every year. Circuit Court of Appeals, noted the continuing suffering of Madoff's thousands of victims who lost $17.5 billion when a decades-long scheme that . Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Madoff admitted to committing securities fraud via a Ponzi scheme starting in the early 1990s, which involved potentially as much as $65 billion. From 1994 until his appointment to the Second Circuit, he served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to CBS News. "Often being a woman places you at a disadvantage at many big firms," he said. It feels like the nightmare we can't wake from," said Carla Hirshhorn. In a meeting with his sons, he confided that his business was "all just one big lie.". Judge Denny Chin: Born To Run Time for a quick break from Biglaw and bonuses. The report said the trustee has located assets and businesses "of interest" in 11 places: Great Britain, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas. The judge ultimately concluded that even that would have been just way too low., In the end, I just thought he didnt deserve it, he said. "Although the crimes Bernie was convicted of have come to define who he was - he was also a father and a husband. He encouraged students at the discussion to be Assistant U.S. Another dilemma, he said, rested in the fact that because none of the counts against Mr. Madoff carried a sentence of life imprisonment (indeed, none carried more than 20 years), he could not impose a conventional life sentence. Cheryl Weinstein said, Bernard Madoff dresses like us, walks like us, eats and drinks like us, but underneath, he is a beast. Madoff's chief financial officer, Frank DiPascali, said in a guilty plea in 2009 that the statements detailing trades were "all fake.". Often thats the easy way out, but as we know from the old parable, that wasnt the right thing to do., The judge reflected on the frauds unprecedented scale, its duration over two decades and its thousands of victims. #inline-recirc-item--id-942a1cd6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { Administrative Oversight and Accountability, Director of Workplace Relations Contacts by Circuit, Fact Sheet for Workplace Protections in the Federal Judiciary, Chronological History of Authorized Judgeships - Courts of Appeals, Chronological History of Authorized Judgeships - District Courts. "He cheated his victims out of their money so he and his wife could live a life of luxury beyond belief.". Chin wrote that a reasonable jury could find there was no legitimate law enforcement need for a heavily armed SWAT team to extract a 56-year-old prosecutor from his home when he was not accused of any actual violence and was not believed to have a gun. [8][9], President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the Southern District bench on March 24, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. Last year his lawyers filed court papers to try to get him released from prison during the pandemic, saying he had end-stage renal disease and other chronic medical conditions. I went to a very dear friend and asked him to do me a big favor, and he did. Soon after, Tom Fitzmaurice quoted his wife as saying, I cry every day when I see the look of pain and despair in my husband's eyes. In the 1950s, he engineered and produced classical music albums for Angel Records. Mr. IRWIN CANTOR: I'm a professional loser, yeah. 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