Psychology of financial crime and Scams

In December 2008, Bernard Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community and of Wall Street, admitted to having run a 50 billion USD Ponzi (Pyramid) scheme, the biggest scam in history.It is still debatable whether Bernard Madoff fits the profile of a classic scammer. Anti-Semites blame his ancestry, the society and culture he grew in:http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/jews.htmlTo understand his psychology, you may wish to start by reading this short story I have written. It tackles in minute detail the psychodynamic processes in a con-man's mind as well as the curious bond that inevitably forms between perpetrator and victimhttp://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/conman-en.htmlMadoff is, in all likelihood, a psychopathic narcissist:For a more detailed view of pathological narcissism and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) - click on these links:http://malignantselflove.tripod.com/npdglance.htmlhttp://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders12.htmlhttp://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders13.htmlhttp://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders14.htmlhttp://malignantselflove.tripod.com/narcissismglance.htmlNPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and AsPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, or Sociopathy)http://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders16.htmlhttp://samvak.tripod.com/personalitydisorders15.htmlIs Madoff malicious?http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/journal65.htmlHe feels immune to the consequences of his actions and reinterprets his crimes to fit an ego-syntonic narrative:http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq57.htmlhttp://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq45.htmlThe Narcissist and Psychopath as Criminalshttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/5003The Narcissist is Above the Lawhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/4983The Narcissist as Liar and Con-manhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/4951Does the Narcissist Have a Multiple Personality (Dissociative Identity Disorder)?http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/4950Grandiosity, Fantasies, and Narcissismhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/4923He feels no remorsehttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/4931He blames his victims (or the Universe) for the mess (he has alloplastic defenses)http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/message/5002He loves the attentionhttp://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/corporatenarcissism.htmlYou can download my book about financial crime here:http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/freebooks.html