Here are extended video excerpts from correspondent Martin Smith's interview with Michael Bienes. For years, starting in the late '60s, he and his accounting firm partner, Frank Avellino, recruited investors for Madoff. View highlights from his extended interview on this page; read the text of Bienes’ interview here.
| High School Sweethearts |
| Avellino, His Partner |
| The Young Bernie Madoff |
| "A Business in Millions, A Profit in Pennies" |
| "Easy Money" |
| "He (Madoff) Was My Life" |
| "We Were Never Pigs" |
| The SEC Comes Calling |
| The Shutdown |
| "Absolutely Not!!" |
| Madoff Shortchanges Them |
| Bienes Confronts Madoff |
| They Weren't His Only Feeders |
| Bienes' Charities and Honors |
| Too Good To Be True |
| Madoff's Arrest |
| No Apologies, No Remorse |
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