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AP: Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Dies in Prison

Financier Bernard Madoff leaves Manhattan Federal court on March 10, 2009. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died early Wednesday in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter said.