Sentencing Law and Policy: Infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison after spending his final dozen years in prison
Infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison after spending his final dozen years in prison As reported in this Fox Business piece, headlined "Bernie Madoff, mastermind of vast Ponzi scheme, dies in federal prison at age 82," an infamous white-collar offender passed away behind bars today. Here are the basics: Bernie Madoff, the notorious architect of the biggest investment fraud in U.S. history, has died at age 82. Madoff was serving a 150-year sentence at the federal medical care center in Butner, North Carolina, where his attorney said he was being treated for terminal kidney fail...