gothamist.com - 6/26/2009
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Monday is multi-billion dollar fraudster Bernard Madoff's sentencing, and his lawyer won approval for his client to get dressed up. Lawyer Ira Sorkin explained that Madoff will be getting "just clothes" before sentencing. But Newsday points out , "One of the last extravagant clothing expenses ...
Madoff in Court to Learn His Fate
feeds.nytimes.com 6/29/2009 — Bernard L. Madoff, the author of a vast Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, appeared in a courtroom in downtown Manhattan for sentencing.
Madoff Gets Max: 150 Years In Prison [Breaking]
gawker.com 6/29/2009 — Bernie Madoff has just been sentenced to 150 years in prison for running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. It was the maximum sentence the judge could have given him. Before sentencing, Madoff addressed the courtroom: "I'm responsible for a ...
Breaking News Monday —
mediabistro.com: TVNewser
In addition to the Madoff sentencing, the high speed pursuit in Dallas, which was fully Shepardized , and developments in the Michael Jackson story, there were several other breaking stories throughout the day. Here's when the cablers reported them:
• New Haven 20 SCOTUS Decision :
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Sign Of The Times [Snap Judgment] —
Jezebel
[New York, June 29. Image via Getty]
NEW YORK - JUNE 29: Bernard Madoff fraud victims holds a news conference and protest following the sentencing hearing for Madofff, who was convicted for running...
Bernald Madoff Receives Maximum Sentence —
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Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of what is thought to be the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has been sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum allowable under law.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin imposed the sentence at a hearing in Manhattan federal court today, rejecting Madoff’s claims ...
Bernard Madoff Awaits Sentencing —
Gothamist
Photograph of the media outside the Federal courthouse by Seth Wenig/AP
In a courtroom packed with several hundred spectators—some of them his ruined victims— Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff told U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, federal prosecutors and his victims that he ...
BERNIE MADOFF SENTENCED TO 150 YEARS IN PRISON —
Faded Youth Blog
The sentencing process for Bernie Madoff was handed down in New York City today (June 29).
The convicted swindler was sentenced to 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Over ten victims spoke in court and several hundred spectators were on hand to watch justice be ...
“I’m Sorry…” Bernie Madoff —
the.LIFE Files - "Welcome To Exclusiveness"
Today in a New York City courtroom the $65 BILLION dollar pyramid schemer finally faced the music for his crime - conning more that 1,300 people into investing into his imaginary investment firm. According to court reports many victims got to read off their angry letters to Bernie before ...
Bernard Madoff Faces 10 A.M. Sentencing, Victims —
Gothamist
It's Bernard Madoff's big day: At 10 a.m., U.S. District Judge Denny Chin will hand down a sentence that determines the 71-year-old's future after he pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme in the guise of an exclusive investment fund. Bloomberg News reports , "Each of the ...
Ruth Madoff Takes The F Train To Schadenfreude Station —
Gothamist
As Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff anxiously awaits his Monday sentencing , his wife Ruth has really been making an effort to counter the impression that she's still living large off her husband's victims. Just look at her here, riding one of those underground locomotives, wearing her working ...
Bernard Madoff's Lawyer Suggests 12-Year Sentence —
Gothamist
Sure, multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff knew what he was doing was wrong , but he really doesn't want to face up to 150 years in prison . Today, Ira Sorkin, a lawyer for the 71-year-old disgraced financier, told U.S. District Judge Denny that a 12 year sentence would ...
Bernard Madoff Gets 150 Year Sentence —
The Wrap RSS
By Wrap Staff NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff heard scorn from his victims on Monday at a sentencing hearing at which he received the maximum punishment of 150 years in jail for running Wall Street's biggest and most ...
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