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Bernard Madoff is escorted in a vehicle from Federal Court in New York Jan. 5, 2009. REUTERS
NEW YORK Bernard Madoff, who for decades masqueraded as a successful and trustworthy Wall Street kingpin before admitting to running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence. He was 82.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Mr. Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, about 3:30 a.m. EDT (0730 GMT).
His death was believed to be from natural causes. Mr. Madoff had suffered from terminal kidney disease and several other medical ailments.
Federal Bureau of Prisons says Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has passed away By Jonathan Stempel and Bill Trott
FILE PHOTO: Accused swindler Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82.
Madoff had been suffering from chronic kidney failure and several other medical ailments.
He had been held at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, after being sentenced in June 2009 to a 150-year term for engineering a fraud estimated as high as $64.8 billion.
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FILE PHOTO: Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff leaves US District Court in Manhattan after a bail hearing in New York on Jan 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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NEW YORK: Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday (Apr 14) in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82.
Madoff had been suffering from chronic kidney failure and several other medical ailments.
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff dies in prison at 82
Disgraced American Jewish financier was serving 150 years for engineering one of biggest frauds in history, estimated as high as $64.8 billion, scamming thousands of victims including Elie Wiesel and Sandy Koufax
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Published: 04.14.21 , 17:57
Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82.
Madoff had been suffering from chronic kidney failure and several other medical ailments.
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He had been held at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, after being sentenced in June 2009 to a 150-year term for engineering a fraud estimated as high as $64.8 billion.