Diana Henriques

Pulitzer Prize-winner Diana Henriques on the road that led to Black Monday.

Diana Henriques, New York Times senior financial writer who’s covered the Madoff scandal since the story broke, gives a full account of Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme—from his Wall Street rise to the personal disasters and landmark legal battles triggered by his downfall—and looks at the lessons this scandal offers to Washington, Wall Street, and Main Street. The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust draws on unprecedented access and more than 100 interviews with people at all levels and on all sides of the crime, including Madoff's first interviews for publication since his arrest.

Bernie Madoff was sentenced yesterday to the maximum term of 150 years, but what happens to any remaining wealth, and what can his victims do to get some of their money back? Diana H...

At this point everyone has heard of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, but the name J. Ezra Merkin may still be unknown. That is about to change. In a lawsuit filed Monday by New York...

The man who committed perhaps the largest fraud in the history of Wall Street could now spend the rest of his life in prison. Bernard L. Madoff will likely plead guilty tomorrow to al...

What lessons have investors learned from Bernie Madoff? And what repercussions are still to come in the largest Ponzi scheme in history? Diana Henriques is the senior financial writer...

Most Ponzi schemes are short lived. Financial watchdogs, investors or the FBI normally sniff out the crook and the scheme collapses. But that's not the case with Wall Street legend B...