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• Shana Madoff is the niece of former NASDAQ chairman and founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Bernard Madoff. Shana Madoff worked as a compliance attorney for her uncle's firm. In 2007, Shana Madoff married Eric Swanson, a former compliance official for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).ABC News: SEC Official Married into Madoff Family (December 16, 2008)

  TPMmuckraker reported that Shana Madoff contacted a "federal prison consultant" inquiring about how much time she'd be spending in prison and how to best acquire an early release. Larry Levine, consultant at Wall Street Prison Consultants, said that a women contacted him stating that she faces conspiracy charges, when pressed by Levine, she disclosed that she was a relative to Bernie Madoff.TPM: Report: Shana Madoff Contacted Prison Consultant (April 13, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Father: Peter MadoffLaw Blog (WSJ.com): SEC to Probe Relationship Between Madoff's Niece and Ex-SEC Lawyer (December 17, 2008)
  2. Shana Madoff is the niece of Bernard Madoff
  3. Former spouse: Scott Ira SkollerLaw Blog (WSJ.com): SEC to Probe Relationship Between Madoff's Niece and Ex-SEC Lawyer (December 17, 2008)
  4. Worked as a compliance attorney for Madoff's investment firmABC News: SEC Official Married into Madoff Family (December 16, 2008)
  5. Spouse: Eric Swanson
  6. Married Swanson in 2007MarketWatch: Sec Chief Admits Regulator Failed to Act on Madoff Warnings (December 17, 2008)
  7. Swanson was a former SEC compliance officialMarketWatch: Sec Chief Admits Regulator Failed to Act on Madoff Warnings (December 17, 2008)
  8. Swanson spent 10 years as a regulator and left in 2006MarketWatch: Sec Chief Admits Regulator Failed to Act on Madoff Warnings (December 17, 2008)
  9. Bernard Madoff was arrested by the FBI on charges on securities fraud on December 11, 2008MarketWatch: Sec Chief Admits Regulator Failed to Act on Madoff Warnings (December 17, 2008)
  10. Allegedly swindled investors out of approximately $50 billion in a Ponzi schemeMarketWatch: Sec Chief Admits Regulator Failed to Act on Madoff Warnings (December 17, 2008)
  11. In 1992 the SEC dismissed complaints about Madoff's firmABC News: SEC Official Married into Madoff Family (December 16, 2008)
  12. In 2007, Madoff said he had a "very close" relationship with a SEC regulator at a business meeting, he said, "in fact, my niece even married one"ABC News: SEC Official Married into Madoff Family (December 16, 2008)

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