Bernie Madoff, the fraudster who ran a $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme ensnaring thousands of investors, including a long list of Jewish organizations and families, has died at 82. The Associated Press reported Madoff’s death Wednesday at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina. Madoff was known as a selective money manager who made fantastic yet consistent profits…
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