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Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, dead at 82
Bernie Madoff, whose US$65 billion (A$84 billion) scam made him one of the worlds most hated criminals and destroyed his family, has died in prison, officials said.The 82-year-old fraudster died on Wednesday at the secure federal medical centre in Butner, North Carolina, where he was serving a 150-year sentence, The New York Post reports.
The Associated Press reported that Madoff, who had been suffering from end-stage kidney disease and other chronic ailments, died of natural causes.
He would have…
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