FRONTLINE

THE MADOFF AFFAIR

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 @ 11:00PM

It took more than Bernard Madoff alone to pull off the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. On Monday, the first of five members of his inner circle to be convicted in connection to the epic fraud case was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In addition to prison time, Daniel Bonventre, a former operations director for Madoff, was ordered to forfeit $155 billion for his role in the scheme. Madoff has maintained for years that he acted alone in the investment scam, but in March, following five months of trial, a federal jury ruled that Bonventre helped facilitate the fraud by producing phony books and records.

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