Regulators probed Madoff eight times over 16 years

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Reuters) - Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions, the Wall Street Journal said.

SEC officials followed up on emails from a New York hedge fund that described Bernard Madoff's business practices as "highly unusual," the paper said.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the industry-run watchdog