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  1. Bernard Lawrence Madoff (/ ˈ m eɪ d ɔː f / MAY-dawf; April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange.

  2. Apr 14, 2021 · Bernard L. Madoff, the onetime senior statesman of Wall Street who in 2008 became the human face of an era of financial misdeeds and missteps for running the largest and possibly most...

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  3. The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008.

  4. Apr 14, 2021 · Madoff confessed to a scheme that defrauded tens of thousands of people of as much as $65 billion over four decades. He died in prison in 2021, after his request for compassionate release was denied.

  5. Apr 15, 2021 · Madoff, 70, will plead guilty on March 12 that he directed a fraud that totaled as much as $64.8 billion, the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, his lawyer Ira Sorkin said in a court hearing...

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  6. Jun 23, 2024 · Learn about the life and crimes of Bernie Madoff, the American financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Find out how he defrauded investors, how he was caught, and what happened to his victims and his family.

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  8. Apr 14, 2021 · Bernie Madoff, a Wall Street financier disgraced after he admitted to one of the biggest frauds in US financial history, has died in prison at age 82. His death was announced by the Bureau of...

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