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" The drama surrounding Bernard L. Madoff came to a screeching halt yesterday. For the longest and largest Ponzi scheme in history\u2014where investors are wooed with the promise of high financial returns\u2014Maddof received the maximum criminal sentence for his crimes: 150 years. His sentence was three times as long as the federal probation office suggested and more than 10 times as long as defense lawyers had requested. The condemned criminal pleaded guilty.   The haggard looking business man-turned-crook&amp;#039;s own family chose not to testify in his defense.  In the coming days, legal will decide which prison will become Maddof&amp;#039;s new home and the investigation into/punishment for the scheme&amp;#039;s assistants will begin. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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