Factbox-Prosecutors charged Madoff with "unprecedented" fraud in 2009 04/14/2021 | 11:32am EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. He was charged in 2009 with 11 counts for alleged crimes that spanned more than 20 years. The counts include: * Securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, false statements, perjury, false filin...