Eric J Swanson is an American lawyer who worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and dated and eventually married the daughter of Peter Madoff while the SEC was investigating Madoff's investment firm for what was eventually revealed to be a massive Ponzi scheme.
11 Facts About Eric Swanson
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Eric Swanson worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission as a lawyer from 1996 to 2006, rising to the level of Assistant Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.
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Eric Swanson is married to Shana Madoff, who worked at the firm of her uncle Bernard Madoff as a rules and compliance officer and attorney until it was closed when the multibillion-dollar Madoff investment scandal was uncovered.
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Eric Swanson is the husband of Shana Madoff, who is daughter of Peter Madoff.
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Eric Swanson is a niece of Bernard Madoff, who operated a Ponzi scheme that is considered to be the largest financial fraud in US history.
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Eric Swanson worked under her father at her uncle's firm, Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities, as a rules and compliance officer and attorney.
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Eric Swanson reported to her father who was responsible for ensuring that BMIS complied with its legal and regulatory obligations, and signed documents assuring the SEC that BMIS's business records were truthful and accurate.
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In 2006, the SEC's New York Enforcement Office, of which Eric Swanson was not a part, closed its investigation of Bernie Madoff.
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Subsequent to working at the SEC, Eric Swanson was a Vice President of regulatory strategy at Ameriprise Financial, a financial services company based in Minnesota.
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Eric Swanson is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of BATS Global Markets, an electronic stock exchange that is the third-largest stock exchange in the United States, which he joined as General Counsel in January 2008.
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Eric Swanson was hired in part to assist the exchange in its effort to obtain exchange status from the SEC.