Bernie Madoff, mastermind behind largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies at 82
Bernie Madoff, mastermind behind largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies at 82 Ethan Sacks © Provided by NBC News Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street con artist who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilked thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison. He was 82. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Madoff's death on Wednesday. He died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina. The bureau did not specify a cause of death, saying in a statement that the cause will be determined by a medical examiner. Madoff's death comes ab...