美国证券交易委员会对后续调查的失职导致了惨重的损失，从马科波洛斯先生的第一份报告提交到2008年12月麦道夫最终被警方逮捕，其间共有400余亿美元落入骗子之手。

The SEC’s failure to follow up properly was horribly costly. Between the first submission and Mr Madoff’s eventual arrest in December 2008, the scheme had taken in more than $40 billion.

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当马科·波洛斯先生和一个非正式的小团队开始深入调查的时候，发现数以亿计的资金都流入了麦道夫的手里，而这些钱却没有在市场中交易过的痕迹。

As Mr Markopolos and a small, informal team began to dig, it became clear that billions of dollars were being channelled to Mr Madoff, yet there was no trace of his transactions in the market.

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马科·波洛斯先生发现世界上最大的庞氏骗局的故事已经够有意思了，但更有意思的是美国相关部门从未对此真正展开调查。

The story of how Mr Markopolos discovered the world's largest Ponzi scheme is interesting enough, but the real meat of his account concerns the investigations that did not happen.

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