1.0 link 222110 <![CDATA[Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years In Prison]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/29/madoff-sentencing-today_n_222110.html NEW YORK &mdash; A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old swindler to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud that took a staggering toll on thousands of victims.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin cited the unprecedented nature of the multibillion-dollar fraud as he sentenced Madoff to the maximum of 150 years in prison, a term comparable only to those given in the past to terrorists, traitors and the most...

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