The financier Bernard Madoff.

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The most prominent financial and investor in New York City before falling for fraud following the 2008 crisis, Bernard Madoff died at the age of 82, we learned on Wednesday.

He was sentenced in 2009 to 150 years in prison.

After the collapse of the stock markets at the start of the 2008 school year, his scam following the Ponzi scheme was exposed.

It is the biggest scam in history.

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