Criminal case
United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
- Authority
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Case number
- No. 09 Cr. 213 (DC)
- Filed or opened
- 2009
- Organization
- Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
- Current stage
- Final. Guilty plea and sentence entered, no appeal, defendant deceased.
- Outcome
- Final. Madoff died in federal custody on 14 April 2021S5.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Supported96Prosecutors said Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to an eleven-count criminal information in March 2009 and was sentenced in June 2009 to 150 years in prison with forfeiture of US$170,799,000,000.Regulator statement, 29 June 20093 records citedFraud
- Outdated88At the March 2009 plea a prosecutor said that given the nature and length of the scheme, victims might recover only a small fraction of their losses.Regulator statement, 12 March 20093 records citedCorporate status
Sources
- S2Tier A Bernard L. Madoff Pleads Guilty to 11-Count Criminal Information and Is Remanded Into CustodyUS Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (via FBI New York). Government press release. 12 March 2009.Supports the guilty plea to eleven felony counts and the prosecutor forecast on recovery. Does not state the scheme's duration.
- S1Tier A Bernard Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in PrisonUS Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (via FBI New York). Government press release. 29 June 2009.Supports the 150-year sentence and the US$170,799,000,000 forfeiture. Does not give a final net loss figure.
- S5Tier C Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82Associated Press (Michael Balsamo and Tom Hays), via OPB. Press report. 14 April 2021.Supports the date, place and age of Madoff's death in federal custody. Cause given as natural causes by an anonymous source.