Erin Arvedlund

Erin Elizabeth Arvedlund is an American financial journalist. Her articles use the byline Erin E. Arvedlund, while she uses Erin Arvedlund for her books. In 2001, she wrote an article for Barron's that was the first widely published media coverage to question the supposed success of Bernie Madoff's wealth management business. Like what happened a year earlier, when securities industry executive Harry Markopolos approached the United States Securities and Exchange Commission directly with allegations, no authorities exercised due diligence regarding the allegations, and the Madoff investment scandal grew – unabated – until the $64.8 billion fraud collapsed when the 2008 financial crisis destroyed the underpinnings of Madoff's Ponzi scheme.