Bernie Madoff, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose long-term, multi-billion-dollar financial manipulations ruined clients and rattled financial markets, has died.The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the death of Madoff, 82, telling Deadline in a statement that it resulted from natural causes and not Covid-19.
He had been locked up since 2011.The Madoff affair spawned TV movies and bestselling books. His fraud ensnared Hollywood figures like Steven Spielberg as well as baseball’s New York Mets franchise.MORE
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