Swindler Sentenced to 150-Year Prison Term for Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff passes a police barricade as he arrives at court on March 12, 2009, in New York City. Mario Tama/Getty Images Bernard Madoff is seen in this undated mugshot. U.S. Marshals Service In one of the highest-profile financial fraud cases in history, a judge firmly sided with Bernard Madoff's thousands of victims when he gave the disgraced financier a sentence long enough for him to die in prison. A person familiar with the investigation said 10 more people would face federal charges by the time the probe into the multibillion-dollar fraud is complete. So far, only Madoff and an accountant accused of failing to make basic auditing checks have been criminally charged. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the... [read full story]
