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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
The US government has seized possession of Bernard Madoff's $7m penthouse on Manhattan's exclusive Upper East Side, changing the locks and forcing his wife of 50 years, Ruth Madoff, to seek new accommodation. Mrs Madoff, who was in the property at...
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News Source: Truthout
| 5 months ago
Three Francophone editorialists argue from right, left and center that Bernard Madoff's sentencing for the swindle of the century fails to reveal both the inner workings of that swindle and other dark sides of the whole financial system. (Photo: AP)...
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News Source: Independent
| 5 months ago
US officials pursuing their investigation of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme are focusing on close associates of the convicted con man who insist they didn't know of any wrongdoing. The continuing investigation into Madoff's $65bn fraud may implicate...
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News Source: United Press International
| 5 months ago
Appealing convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff 's 150-year prison sentence would be an exercise in futility, a legal expert said. Given Madoff's age, 71, even a reduction to 50 years would amount to a lifetime sentence, a case of Madoff...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
Korea Should Learn From Madoff's 150-Year Sentence It is hard for South Koreans to understand how U.S. courts often hand down prison terms of more than 100 years to criminals. The latest American case was the trial of Bernard Madoff, a 71-year-old...
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News Source: BDNews24
| 5 months ago
The 150-year sentence meted out to Bernard Madoff surprised some legal experts, who say it far exceeds the punishments handed down to other big-time corporate scoundrels and may not send the intended message to other would-be crooks. The sentence...
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News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 5 months ago
Dressed funereally in a charcoal suit and a black tie, Madoff, 71, stood impassively as Denny Chin handed down a sentence that guarantees he will die in prison. The face-to-face apology that Madoff offered to his victims, the plea for clemency...
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News Source: CNN
| 5 months ago
Bernard Madoff could be criminally charged in the coming months or beyond, a law enforcement source said on Tuesday. The source, who asked not be identified because of the ongoing investigation into the multibillion-dollar Madoff fraud, said the FBI...
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News Source: Democracy Now
| 5 months ago
Bernard Madoff, the convicted mastermind behind one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history, was ordered Monday to serve 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed. Madoff pleaded guilty in March to running a massive Ponzi scheme that...
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News Source: Miami Herald
| 5 months ago
On the same day multibillion-dollar swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed a law that gives the state more power to prosecute sophisticated, far-reaching investment crimes. The Investor...