Madoff To Be Free in July, 2159
Bye bye Bernie. A Federal judge sentenced rip-off artist Bernie Madoff to 150 years in prison the maximum term. For Madoff 71 it means that his life comes down to a prison cell. Tough luck pal. “Here the message must be sent that Mr. Madoff’s crimes were extraordinarily evil and that this kind of manipulation of the system is just not a bloodless crime that takes place on paper but one instead that takes a staggering toll ” US District Judge Denny Chin said at Madoff’s sentencing hearing. “…The fraud here was staggering.” In prior fraud cases Worldcom’s Bernie Ebbers ...
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