On the 19th level of the Lipstick Building in midtown Manhattan

business is thriving in 1992. Bernie Madoff, a statesman o

 Wall Street, rules over his "risk-free" trading empire

in this instance. The man is regarded as a wizard

and a god of finance who is "nearly all-knowing" when it 

comes to the market. His spotless offices radiate a friendly

family-like atmosphere, and Madoff is rumoured to

walk around them holding a cigar to his lips and swivelling a

computer monitor back into place if he thinks it's even