The End: Prosecutors Wrap Up Case Against Final Madoff Defendant
Yesterday, over six years after the criminal case began in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme case, the Madoff firm's long-time controller, Irwin Lipkin, was sentenced to six months in prison. Lipkin is the 15th -- and final -- defendant to be prosecuted in the Madoff case.
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