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Bernie Madoff Dies In Prison
New York, NY, USA | April 14, 2021


Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes, the person said. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.

Madoff admitted swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars in investments over decades.

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