Madoff gets 150 years for vast investment fraud

By Grant McCool and Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment allowed for what the judge called "extraordinarily evil" crimes. Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge... [read full story]                    

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