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                    [Title] => Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67
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PALM BEACH (AP) – Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.

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Bernard Madoff would be stripped of all his possessions under a $171 billion forfeiture order handed down only days before prosecutors seek to put the disgraced financier away in prison for the rest of his life.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 450269 [Title] => Madoff ruled to remain in jail until sentencing in June [Summary] => NEW YORK (Xinhua) -- The United States Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff will stay in prison until his June sentencing, New York TV channel NY1 reported. [DatePublished] => 2009-03-21 13:16:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447826 [Title] => Madoff pleads guilty and goes to jail in handcuffs [Summary] =>

NEW YORK (AP) – Saying he was "deeply sorry and ashamed," Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty yesterday to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history and was immediately led off to jail in handcuffs after his seething victims applauded in the courtroom.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 01:14:13 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447233 [Title] => Lawyer says Madoff will plead guilty to 11 counts [Summary] =>

NEW YORK (AP) – Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to 11 criminal counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud and will do so without a plea deal, knowing it carries a potential prison term of 150 years, lawyers said yesterday in court.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday announced an agreement with disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff that could eventually force him to pay a civil fine and return money raised from investors.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431591 [Title] => Plea negotiations loom in Madoff bail hearing [Summary] =>

NEW YORK (AP) – Bernard Madoff returned to court in a bulletproof vest Wednesday and won another round in his fight to stay out of jail.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-15 08:55:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431060 [Title] => NYC judge allows Madoff to remain free [Summary] =>

NEW YORK (AP) – A judge allowed disgraced investor Bernard Madoff to remain free on bail Monday, rejecting an attempt by prosecutors to send him to jail for mailing more than $1 million in jewelry to family and friends over the holidays.

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