Bernie Madoff, the disgraced wall street financier who pleaded guilty for organizing the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in federal prison, a source told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He was 82. The 82-year-old died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, from natural causes, per the report. Madoff stole billions of dollars in investments from thousands of clients over decades. He pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 felonies, including securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements, false filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and theft from an employee benefit plan, according […]
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