| WHAT: | Former SEC Counsel and Investigator of Bernard Madoff's Activities to Discuss "How to Conduct a Compliance Examination to Unearth Wrongdoing" | | WHEN: | 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 | | WHERE: | The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Walter S. Slowinski Courtroom 3600 John McCormack Road, N.E. Washington, D.C. | | DETAILS: | Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, formerly with the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations, was charged with conducting the SEC's 2004 investigation into the activities of convicted financier Bernard Madoff. Her work uncovered troubling questions about the now-collapsed money empire that bankrupted countless investors. According to published accounts in The Washington Post, the investigation results were ignored by the SEC. An alumna of Catholic University's Columbus School of Law, Walker-Lightfoot now serves as a risk management and large financial institutions specialist at the Federal Reserve Board. The event is free and open to the public. Walker-Lightfoot is expected to take questions. | | SPONSOR: MEDIA: | The Catholic University of America's Securities Law Program To cover the event, contact Tom Haederle at 202-319-5438. | |
