Madoff Behind Bar‪s: Inside the mind of the most notorious conman

American Greed Podcast

CNBC

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died today behind bars at the age of 82. For more than a decade, Madoff — who was locked away serving a 150-year prison sentence — had been the personification of greed. In December 2018, CNBC special correspondent Scott Cohn and American Greed executive producer Chuck Schaeffer went “behind bars” to uncover Madoff, from the lawyers and investigators to the victims. This episode goes inside the mind of the world’s most notorious con man. Who is Madoff? What made him tick? (Original release: 12/10/2018) You can find the rest of the "Madoff 10 Years Later" series in the American Greed Podcast archive.

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0:00.0	This is the American Greet Podcast presented by CNBC.
0:05.0	It's one of the greatest lies ever sold.
0:10.0	For the past decade, Bernie Madoff has been the personification of greed,
0:14.0	locked away from the world as he serves a 150-year prison sentence.
0:19.0	But that's not the end of the story.
0:21.0	I'm CNBC Special Correspondent Scott Combe.
0:24.0	And I'm Chuck Schaefer, executive producer of the CNBC Original Series, American Greet.
0:28.0	For 10 years, we've been investigating the Madoff scandal,
0:31.0	piecing together a puzzle, speaking with the key players, including Madoff himself.
0:36.0	In this special podcast series, we're going behind bars to uncover Madoff today.
0:41.0	From the lawyers, he realized it was all over to the investigators.
0:45.0	He's a pathological lawyer.
0:47.0	To the victims.
0:48.0	What he did is despicable. There's no other word for it.
0:51.0	The financial ripple effect of his con.
0:54.0	In this episode, life in a cell.
0:56.0	Who is Madoff today?
0:58.0	Inside the mind of the world's most notorious con.
1:01.0	This is American Greet, Madoff, 10 years later.
1:06.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome to our American Greet Podcast Special Series,
1:10.0	Madoff, 10 years later.
1:12.0	I'm Chuck Schaefer, the executive producer of the show, American Greet on CNBC.
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