Harry Markopolos, CFE, CFA
Boston, MA

Harry Markopolos is a self-employed Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner specializing in the investigation of False Claims Act and IRS Tax Fraud cases in the $500 million and up category that involve CEO and CFO top management led fraud schemes. Mr. Markopolos often works with whistleblowers under the direction of lawyers at law firms specializing in filing high-level, white-collar fraud cases where the government is the victim.

Mr. Markopolos is an expert in financial derivatives mathematics and prior to becoming a full-time fraud examiner, he was Chief Investment Officer for a Boston based, multi-billion dollar derivatives asset management firm. Of note, he is also known as “the Madoff whistleblower” for his SEC Submissions in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, and 2008 regarding Mr. Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi Scheme. In fact, he developed his interest in working with whistleblowers by first being one himself - on the Madoff case – and discovered just how lonely, awkward and dangerous whistleblowing can be and decided to do something to make whistleblowing safer and more rewarding for those following in his footsteps.

Mr. Markopolos earned his BA in Business Administration from Loyola College of Maryland, his MS in Finance from Boston College, and has attended numerous post-graduate courses at the US Army Infantry School, US Army JFK School for Special Warfare, and US Army Command & General Staff College. He is the 2002-2003 Past President of the 4,000 member Boston Security Analysts Society and has sat on other prominent finance organizations boards.