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  1. Alerted by his sons, federal authorities arrested Madoff on December 11, 2008. On March 12, 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal crimes and admitted to operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. On June 29, 2009, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed, with restitution of $170 billion. He died in prison ...

  2. Jun 23, 2024 · Bernie Madoff was arrested on Dec. 11, 2008. Madoff insisted he acted alone, though several of his colleagues were sent to prison. His elder son Mark Madoff committed suicide exactly two years ...

  3. Sep 29, 2021 · But with little new money flowing in by November 2008, Madoff failed to cover the volume of withdrawal requests. Despite having received hundreds of millions of dollars in financial backing from friends, such as clothing entrepreneur Carl J. Shapiro, it was too little, too late.

  4. He was caught in December 2008 and charged with 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury, and theft. Charles Ponzi, the original Ponzi schemer Wikipedia. Here's how Madoff conned his...

  5. Dec 11, 2008 · Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2008 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Bernard L. Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, with securities fraud for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that he perpetrated on advisory clients of his firm.

  6. Apr 14, 2021 · Bernard L. Madoff, the onetime senior statesman of Wall Street who in 2008 became the human face of an era of financial misdeeds and missteps for running the largest and possibly most...

  7. Jun 30, 2009 · A federal judge sentenced Bernard L. Madoff to 150 years in prison for running a huge Ponzi scheme that devastated thousands of investors, calling his crimes “extraordinarily evil.”