Those companies either sell ads directly to advertisers or work with more than 200 third-party digital advertising companies that broker ad space.

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Cohmad, a firm co-owned by Madoff and Maurice Cohn (the name is a combination of their last names) shared office space with the Madoff broker-dealer.

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As a result, the Council appeared not to perform its essential function as an "honest broker" in space policy-making and acted on the basis of a highly partisan and flawed study.

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The scheme was carried out in Madoff's investment advisory operation, which occupied office space immediately below the offices of his broker-dealer, Bernard Madoff Investment Securities.

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Arctic Island - a broker-dealer and very active in developing for the space.

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