story after losing $700,000 to madoff. >> the human suffering that madoff caused i don't think could ever be grasped. people had to come out of retirement. for those people, the madoff fraud will never be over. >> what may be the final steps of freedom for the most despised man in america. he pleaded guilty to the greatest investor fraud in u.s. history. >> i think the connection between bernie madoff and the financial crisis was one fundamentally about trust. it was about a loss of trust in the system, about a loss of trust in people that you thought were worthy. >> we all trusted the free enterprise system, we trusted these deregulated markets to foster our prosperity. all of america felt that they