Victims urge stiff sentence for Bernard Madoff

Morning update By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER • Associated Press Writers • June 29, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal NEW YORK - Victims who lost millions of dollars in the multibillion-dollar fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff described their ruined lives Monday to the judge sentencing the 71-year-old former Nasdaq stock market chairman. Madoff, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and a tie, sat and listened as emotional witnesses described how he spoiled their security, and they urged U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to send him to prison for life. "Life has been a living hell. It feels like the nightmare we can't wake from," said Carla Hirshhorn. "He stole from the rich. He stole from the poor. He stole from the in between. He had no values," said Tom Fitzmaurice. "He cheated his victims out of their money so he and his wife... [read full story]                    

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