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Bernard Madoff

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    April 8, 2009

    What should Joe Nacchio do with his last six days of freedom?

    An image from Channel 4's coverage of a certain Joe Nacchio. A judge has ruled that disgraced Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio must report to a Pennsylvania prison by noon on Tuesday, April 14, to begin serving his six-year insider-trading sentence, which he's asked the Supreme Court to review. What should he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Denver Blogs: We need some hotter politicians

    Face the State went all hotornot.com on us today. Highlights from the local blogosphere. Send tips. Some of Denver's hottest politicos... aren't very hot. (Face the State) George Karl for Coach of the Year? That's an oddly sound idea. (Denver Stiffs) How cool! Our own little Bernie Madoff wannab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    If Tausha Marsh did fake cancer, here's hoping she invested her profits with the Mormon Madoff

    A photo from alleged cancer-faker Tausha Marsh's MySpace page.Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Cl ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Erik Osborn wanted to be a big-time developer - but he could land in the Big House

    A photo from alleged cancer-faker Tausha Marsh's MySpace page.Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Cl ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    The Mexican's got a beef with thick steaks

    A photo from alleged cancer-faker Tausha Marsh's MySpace page.Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Cl ... More >>

  • Film

    June 11, 2009

    Departures

    A photo from alleged cancer-faker Tausha Marsh's MySpace page.Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Shmuck of the Week: Shawn Merriman, aka the Mormon Madoff

    An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, "Hey, this guy stole my moves!"

  • Culture

    October 8, 2009

    The cons are pros in The Voysey Inheritance

    An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, "Hey, this guy stole my moves!"

  • Culture

    October 15, 2009

    Now Playing

    An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, "Hey, this guy stole my moves!"

  • Culture

    October 22, 2009

    Now Playing

    An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, "Hey, this guy stole my moves!"

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    The Independence Institute is twenty-five years old -- and still shooting from the lip

    President Jon Caldara helps celebrates 25 years as Denver's premier conservative free-market think tank.​ Editor's note: This week's Westword cover story is a cartoon by Kenny Be that celebrates twenty-five years of the Independence Institute. Check it out in its entirety below:

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Top Ten Turkeys for 2009

    ​There's still a month to go before the year ends -- plenty of time for more people to join the elite flock of fuck-ups for 2009 (and for Josh McDaniels to get back on the list, after his last-second reprieve with yesterday's win). Still, there's been no shortage of Colorado turkeys this year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    John Denver, Bernie Madoff & Me rules New York

    ​John Denver once admitted that "Rocky Mountain High" was written under the influence of LSD and marijuana -- and now that his anthem is our state song, the Colorado legislature should write their medical marijuana legislation under the influence of John Denver. But drugs aren't the reason wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Bernie Madoff auction in Aspen? Sort of... kind of... maybe...

    Bernie Madoff's name is still financial magic.​Bernie Madoff's well-documented financial shenanigans may have landed him in jail, but they've also enhanced the marketability of his name. As evidence, note the ad in today's Denver Post pimping a "BERNIE MADOFF AUCTION" tomorrow at St. Regis Res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Tax day warning: U.S. Attorney will bust your ass if you file incomplete/inaccurate returns

    A Flickr photoForty-eight hours is about all you've got left...​April 15 -- the deadline for filing income-tax returns -- is just two days away. And in case your stress over that fact isn't already overwhelming, the U.S. Attorney's Office has a message: "It is important to file complete and ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Tom Tancredo gives KHOW's Peter Boyles his tax returns, challenges Dan Maes to do the same

    Tom Tancredo.​While other Republicans are starting to cozy up to Dan Maes, there's no love lost between the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Tom Tancredo, now running for governor on the American Constitution ticket. Tancredo, who's on KHOW right now, just gave his tax returns to Peter B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Carmelo Anthony: "Bernie Madoff" says Melo was his boyfriend, seeks restraining order

    Carmelo Anthony: "You're kidding me, right?"​Oh, what a bizarre document the folks at Westword sister paper the Dallas Observer stumbled upon today. It's a handwritten request for a preliminary restraining order against Carmelo Anthony -- plus Dwyane Wade, Mark Cuban, Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Shawn Merriman, aka the Mormon Madoff, gets twelve-year-plus sentence for Ponzi scheming

    Courtesy of 9NewsShawn Merriman.​In August 2009, former Mormon church lay bishop Shawn Merriman earned Shmuck of the Week honors for Ponzi scheming millions from friends and acquaintances. But yesterday, he was awarded with an even more richly deserved prize: a twelve-and-a-half-year prison jo ... More >>

  • Film

    October 7, 2010

    Freakonomics: Not exactly the sum of its parts

    Courtesy of 9NewsShawn Merriman.​In August 2009, former Mormon church lay bishop Shawn Merriman earned Shmuck of the Week honors for Ponzi scheming millions from friends and acquaintances. But yesterday, he was awarded with an even more richly deserved prize: a twelve-and-a-half-year prison jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Carmelo Anthony trade: If it doesn't happen, can the Nuggets be the West's number two seed?

    Carmelo.​These three Denver blog posts are piping hot. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton isn't drinking the Haterade about the Nuggets, who he sees as a potential number two seed in the West. Colorado Pols wonders if there's anyone left for the Yes on 62 campaign to offend. Signs point to "yes." ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Alien nation: Colorado's election is out of this world

    Carmelo.​These three Denver blog posts are piping hot. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton isn't drinking the Haterade about the Nuggets, who he sees as a potential number two seed in the West. Colorado Pols wonders if there's anyone left for the Yes on 62 campaign to offend. Signs point to "yes." ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Border line! Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano of "Ask a Mexican!" will debate in Denver on immigration

    Carmelo.​These three Denver blog posts are piping hot. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton isn't drinking the Haterade about the Nuggets, who he sees as a potential number two seed in the West. Colorado Pols wonders if there's anyone left for the Yes on 62 campaign to offend. Signs point to "yes." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    My crazy Christmas: Westword writers share their holiday stories

    ​Christmas can be intense: Rife with familial undercurrents and financial strain, the yuletide can bring a time of crushing disappointment, dissolving relationships, mounting tension and exploding tempers -- but if we open our hearts and we wish hard enough, it just might also be a time of red ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Tom Tancredo is once again a Republican, but he's not a party guy

    Tom Tancredo​Tom Tancredo is busy these days. He just wrote the April Fools' edition of Ask a Mexican. He has a real new job, as a marketing exec with a local investment company, so that others won't lose their nest eggs to a Bernie Madoff character, as he did. He's repairing the damage done b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    John Denver tribute: John Hickenlooper, Bill Vidal politely don't say his songs suck (PHOTOS)

    Big pics below.​I'm a Colorado native, so I feel I have the right to say this: John Denver's music sucks. It blows. It sucks and blows at the same time, which should be impossible but somehow isn't. Even covers of his music suck, unless it's Toots and the Maytals' version of "Take Me Home, Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Bernie Madoff's cellar nets $41,530 in auction

    Madoff's cellar nets $41,000 in auction. ​Remember Bernie Madoff? The most notorious of the white-collar criminals nailed when the economy was going to hell for using the biggest Ponzi scheme in American history to swindle investors -- including several Coloradans -- out of a cool $65 billion? ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Sexual abuse lies keep man in prison; courts refuse to hold new trial

    Madoff's cellar nets $41,000 in auction. ​Remember Bernie Madoff? The most notorious of the white-collar criminals nailed when the economy was going to hell for using the biggest Ponzi scheme in American history to swindle investors -- including several Coloradans -- out of a cool $65 billion? ... More >>

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