In agreeing to a plea bargain with Mr. Lipkin, the prosecution seems to be calculating that he could be a more credible witness than Mr. DiPascali, who played a central role in the complex deceptions that allowed Mr. Madoff to keep his Ponzi scheme alive for so long.
In hiding it, the administration contributed to the whole complex of deception, a good part of it illegal until it became public.
We can't possibly make it.' " But Mr. Martin did not give up his epic dreams, and packed "A Game of Thrones" and the novels that followed (a series known collectively as "A Song of Ice and Fire") with seven kingdoms' worth of feuding feudal families, complex genealogies, deceptions and betrayals, dragons and mysterious, violent creatures called the Others.
Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's enforcement division, said: "The product was new and complex but the deception and conflicts are old and simple.
But to watch him is to realize he is engaged in a more complex (and benevolent) deception that harks back to P. T. Barnum and Melville's "Confidence Man".
"The product was new and complex but the deception and conflicts are old and simple," said Robert Khuzami, head of the SEC's enforcement division.Goldman called the charges "completely unfounded" and said it would contest them vigorously.
Others lost their jobs, flunked out of college, created complex webs of deception, and rang up massive credit card debts to feed their habits.
"The product was new and complex, but the deception and conflicts are old and simple," SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami said in a statement.
"The product was new and complex but the deception and conflicts are old and simple," said Robert Khuzami, Director of the Division of Enforcement.
"The product was new and complex but the deception and conflicts are old and simple,... Goldman wrongly permitted a client that was betting against the mortgage market to heavily influence which mortgage securities to include in an investment portfolio, while telling other investors that the securities were selected by an independent, objective third party".
