Showing posts with label sentencing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sentencing. Show all posts

Monday, June 29, 2009

Bernie Madoff Sentencing for Ponzi Scheme

Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years, the maximum, for his Ponzi scheme, the $65 billion fraud that swindled his many devastated victims. Judge Denny Chin said the sentence was a symbolic one for a crime that showed "extraordinary evil" and "took a staggering human toll." Read more..