3K views · 80 reactions | At the height of the Great Recession, Bernie Madoff confessed to running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history – a $65 billion fraud that left thousands of victims financially shattered. BERNIE MADOFF: HIS LIFE AND CRIMES premieres TONIGHT at 8P ET on @CNBCPrimetv! | American Greed | Facebook

The Madoff Victims Fund handlers are stunned by the massive scale of the fraud that left victims reeling. Is Bernie Madoff the BIGGEST CON ever? New reporting. MORE Greed. Watch a new American Greed: Biggest Cons TONIGHT at 10P ET on CNBC. | American Greed

For the past decade Bernie Madoff has been locked away from the world as he serves a 150-year prison sentence, and is now asking for early release. CNBC’s Special Correspondent Scott Cohn and Chuck Schaeffer (Executive Producer of the CNBC Prime original series "American Greed") have been investigating the Madoff scandal for ten years, speaking with the key players, including Madoff himself. In this special podcast series, they go behind bars to uncover Madoff today. Subscribe to the #AmericanGr

When Bernie Madoff was alive and a free man, he misled SEC inspectors during several investigations. Madoff is back in the news this week as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries called “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street.” Here’s a look back on our episode of American Greed on the fraudster. | American Greed

Bernie Madoff, the man behind the biggest investment fraud in U.S. history, died in prison today at 82. Scott Cohn has a look back at the disgraced investor and the lives he impacted. | CNBC