Fraudster Madoff Decides to Accept 150-Year Sentence

World | July 9, 2009, Thursday // 19:50
Fraudster Madoff Decides to Accept 150-Year Sentence: Fraudster Madoff Decides to Accept 150-Year Sentence Bernard Madoff. Photo by wordpress

Imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff has decided not to appeal against his 150-year sentence, his lawyer has said.

"We are not going to be appealing," Madoff's lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin said. "That's our decision and we have no further comment."

The 71-year-old was sentenced on 29 June, having pleaded guilty in March to 11 counts relating to running a multi-billion dollar investment fraud, the BBC reported.

Madoff defrauded thousands of investors using a Ponzi scheme.

In addition to his prison sentence, he was also ordered to forfeit 1bn (£105bn) in assets, while his wife Ruth had to forfeit more than m in net worth she claimed was hers.

 

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