Most of the people of the United States have realized about the importance of investing with the genuine companies, after reading the book, Truth and Consequences, written by Laurie Schneider. She is a great writer and she is writing for many magazines. In recent times, she has written a few books and the latest book was launched very recently. This book has brought her popularity, not only with the investors, but also with media professionals. She has been discussing about this book with various television channels. She has provided the awareness and alertness with public of the United States, who are interested in investing their money. People have the habit of saving money and in recent years, they want to earn more interest with their money and that is the reason that they invest with many business companies. Though most of the companies are doing genuine businesses, there are a few companies, which are not doing businesses in the right way. When people read this book, which tells about the Ponzi scheme, they come to know about the entire episode of this fraud scheme. Billons of dollars were collected by Bernie Madoff, who is running various businesses. Other members of his family do not know about his business dealings and they were just enjoying the luxurious life, offered by him. His wife, Ruth Madoff is very closely associated with him, only personally. Even he was not talking about his businesses with his family members. The crime came to light, just before a few days of his apprehending by the police. He had collected billions of dollars from the people of the United States and he was not doing genuine business and involved in criminal activities. Now, he is serving life term in jail and in one way, it is better for him, since he doesn’t have to answer his investors. The author of this book, Laurie Schneider is well known to public and they are able to get complete details of the episode of scandal and this book has been presented by her, with the help of Ruth Madoff and Andrew Madoff, the wife and the son of the criminal, Bernie Madoff.