The House Committee on Financial Services has scheduled a Full Committee Meeting for Monday, January 5, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., to hear testimony on “Assessing the Madoff Ponzi and the Need for Regulatory Reform.” The names of the witnesses are not yet listed on the Committee’s website, but TPMMuckraker reports that according to a press release today, Rep. Paul Kanjorski will call the following witnesses before the House Financial Services committee:
– Mr. H. David Kotz, Inspector General, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission- Mr. Stephen P. Harbeck, President, Securities Investor Protection Corporation- Mr. Harry Markopolos, an independent financial fraud investigator for institutional investors and others seeking forensic accounting expertise, as well as a Chartered – Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner- Mr. Allan Goldstein, a retiree and investor with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities- Ms. Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law and Michaels Faculty Research Scholar, Boston University School of Law- Mr. Leon Metzger, adjunct faculty member at Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, and Yale University
