2009년 미 역사상 최대 규모(648억 달러)의 폰지사기로 150년형을 받고, 복역 중이던 버나드 로렌스 "버니" 메이도프(Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff, 1938-2021)가 사망했다. 

Bernie Madoff, the architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in prison at 82. The victims of his fraud numbered in the thousands.

His enormous fraud left behind a devastating human toll and paper losses totaling $64.8 billion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/business/bernie-madoff-dead.html?