AP source: Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison
FILE - In this March 10, 2009, file photo, former financier Bernie Madoff leaves federal court in Manhattan, in New York. Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in prison, a person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)
Published April 14. 2021 10:03AM | Updated April 14. 2021 10:04AM
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.