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I saw this in an article:

The company made its own trades and held the shares it bought, unusual practices that kept its activities hidden from view. Madoff also avoided filing disclosures of its holdings with the SEC; the firm said that at the end of every reporting period it sold its holdings and held only cash. Such a tactic is highly unusual because it exposes a fund to large losses by forcing it to sell assets without regard to price.

Madoff, though a pioneer of electronic trading, also refused to provide clients online access to their accounts.

The underlined part is incredible. I can't believe that anyone invested with this fund.