NEW YORK – Bernard Madoff has apologized to his family and to the victims of his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
The 71-year-old financier said Monday at his sentencing that he "will live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life."
Attorney Ira Sorkin says the 150 years in prison recommended by prosecutors or the 50 years recommended by the federal probation department are excessive.
Victims who lost millions of dollars earlier urged a stiff sentence for the former Nasdaq stock market chairman.
Madoff has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges in March and has been jailed ever since.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Madoff's lawyer says sentencing guidelines in the swindler's multibillion-dollar fraud case "do not speak of vengeance and revenge."
Attorney Ira Sorkin said at the sentencing Monday that the 150 years in prison recommended by prosecutors or the 50 years recommended by the federal probation department are excessive.
Victims who lost millions of dollars earlier urged a stiff sentence for the 71-year-old former Nasdaq stock market chairman.
Madoff was arrested late last year after confessing to his sons that his secretive investment advisory business was a "big lie."
He pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges in March and has been jailed ever since.
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