Bernie Madoff, mastermind behind largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies at 82
Madoff died at the Federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes
Financier Bernie Madoff, the who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in a US federal prison on Wednesday.
Madoff died at the Federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes, reports the Guardian citing the Associated Press.
Last year, Madoff's lawyers filed court papers to try to get the 82-year-old released from prison in the Covid-19 pandemic, saying he had suffered from end-stage renal disease and other chronic medical conditions. The request was denied.
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Madoff admitted swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars in investments over decades.
A court-appointed trustee has recovered more than $13 billion of an estimated $17.5 billion that investors put into Madoff's business. At the time of his arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60 billion.
