Madoff responded: "There is no innocent explanation.". "I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done," he said in March 2009, when he pleaded guilty. In 2009, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison, a verdict he said sent a message his crimes were "extraordinarily evil, and that this kind of manipulation of the . Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Madoff raised his profile by using the expertise to help launch Nasdaq, the first electronic stock exchange, and became so respected that he advised the Securities and Exchange Commission on the system. Madoff's lawyers had dubbed the sentence beyond 12 years as having no practical purpose. He took notes and sketched out themes as he went, with a view toward working them into his draft: Not just the wealthy or institutional clients., Not just money: It reaches to the core and affects your general faith in humanity, our government and basic trust in our financial system., The loss of dignity, the loss of freedom from financial worry.. He was confirmed on April 22, 2010, by the United States Senate, filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. School teachers, farmers, mechanics and many others also lost money. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Madoff "made a very good impression," Wiesel said during a 2009 panel discussion on the scandal. The benefits of giving him hope were far outweighed by all of the other considerations.. We trusted everything in his hands," Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, whose foundation lost $15.2 million, said in 2009. A former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market, he attracted a devoted legion of investment clients from Florida retirees to celebrities such as famed film director Steven Spielberg, actor Kevin Bacon and Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax. Andrew Denney. Madoffs scam cost Wiesels foundation $15.2m. Judge Denny Chin, who now sits on the 2nd U.S. Madoff has already been ordered to forfeit assets worth more than $170 billion the amount prosecutors say "flowed into the principal account to perpetrate the Ponzi scheme." His other son, Andrew, died of cancer in 2014. I went to a very dear friend and asked him to do me a big favor, and he did. 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mr. Ambrosino's motor home is no longer for vacations. [16], In Fox v. Franken, Chin denied Fox News Channel (who alleged a trademark violation) an injunction against Al Franken's Book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. . The victims who came forward testified that they had suffered financial ruin because of Madoff's fraud. An $11 million estate in Palm Beach, Fla., a $4 million home in Montauk and a $2.2 million boat will be put on the market as well. Of the more than $17bn in cash losses, more than $14bn has been recovered. A judge issued a forfeiture order stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80 million in assets his wife, Ruth, had claimed were hers. In court, Mr Madoff said that when he started the scheme in the 1990s, he hoped it would only be for a limited time. This site is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary. #inline-recirc-item--id-942a1cd6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { Last year, Mr Madoff requested early release from prison citing health problems, including kidney disease. "One of the best things I did as a judge over the years was to preside over the naturalization ceremony. The ugly truth: No securities were ever bought or sold. "I also believe that Mr. Madoff was never truly remorseful, and that he. "It may be disgusting, but it's protected activity," he said. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24, 1994, and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. Victims of Mr Madoff's fraud included celebrities and everyday people, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Other corporate victims were Royal Bank of Scotland and Man Group and Japan's Nomura Holdings. 2008 The Associated Press. 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Thanks (I guess) Judge Chin, 57, said he learned he had received the Madoff case from his staff as he entered his chambers on March 6, 2009, after a court proceeding. The Madoffs also took a severe financial hit: A judge issued a $171 billion forfeiture order in June 2009 stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80 million in assets his wife, Ruth, had claimed were hers. Now, all the money is gone, the judge said. dismissed a lawsuit by a Florida man who blamed the Atkins. Judge Chin and his wife Kathy Hirata Chin have written, produced, and presented, together with a team from the Asian American Bar Association of New York, a series of reenactments of historic cases involving Asian American litigants. Chin was born on May 18, 1955, in Guangdong province, Mainland China.He was the only child of Bing Hing "David" Chin (a.k.a. Judge Chin says he understood Mr. Sorkins goal. Ruth is still living. Because federal prisoners cannot be released before at least 85 percent of their sentences are served, it seems certain that Madoff will spend the rest of his life in confinement. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin showed no mercy, sentencing Madoff to the maximum 150 years in prison. [5] He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. This contrasted with Madoff's attorney, Ira Sorkin, who spoke in a halting and, at times, qualified language. But Chin's position is unique for another reason as well he was the first Asian-American appointed to a federal district court judgeship outside the 9th Circuit, and is now just one of six Asian-American Article III judges today. "But I did not believe he was genuinely remorseful," he recalled. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. He was the sixth judge to address a motion to suppress in cases around the country, and he was the first to grant the motion. In his ruling, Chin said the network "placed itself squarely in the middle of a police operation, pushing the police to engage in tactics that were unnecessary and unwise, solely to generate more dramatic footage for a television show.". But it was the global recession which effectively prompted Mr Madoff's demise as investors, hit by the downturn, tried to withdraw about $7bn from his funds and he could not find the money to cover it. NYT reporter: Son's suicide gave Madoff sense of contrition, Author: Madoffs kin likely didnt know of scam. When he applied for the judgeship, he was just 39, but there were 10 vacancies in the Southern District of New York for President Clinton to fill. I said to my interns, What do you think? he recalled. PESCA: Words tumbled out of some victims, others vacillated between tears and rage. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Chin's nomination to the full Senate on December 10, 2009[10] and he was confirmed by a 980 vote on April 22, 2010. Extraordinarily evil - that was the judge's description today of the acts of Bernard Madoff. The exact amount of the fraud has yet to be calculated, largely because it was so vast and went on for so long. Judge Denny Chin spoke informally to students at an event sponsored by APALSA April 1. That was the number of victims allowed to speak. Bernard Madoffs Manhattan penthouse, Long Island getaway and Florida estate are for sale in the hopes of raising tens of millions of dollars to help reimburse victims of his Ponzi scheme. From his grandfather, a waiter, and his father, a cook in Hell's Kitchen,. Amanda Leith, a lawyer for NBC Universal, had no comment on the ruling. [9], On October 6, 2009, President Obama nominated Chin to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Chin noted in the interviews that 20 or 25 years would have effectively been a life sentence for Mr. Madoff, and any additional years would have been purely symbolic. I do not agree, Judge Chin wrote about the victims. From 1994 until his appointment to the Second Circuit, he served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. His criminal behavior devastated the lives of his victims, leading to suicides,. Two interns, both law students, suggested a term of 75 years, but when the judge asked them why, he said, they had trouble articulating their reasons. First came Dominic Ambrosino, a former corrections officer, a guy who used to be on the right side of the prison bars, as he said. His 8-year-old felt torn and said, "'I love the Knicks, but I love Yao.'" In November 2013, Chin dismissed Authors Guild et al. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit)", "2nd Circ. Judge Chin agreed to an extensive series of interviews as part of a broader look into his sentencings in Federal District Court in Manhattan, which will appear in a later article. The report said the trustee has located assets and businesses "of interest" in 11 places: Great Britain, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas. His clients, many Jews like Madoff and Jewish charities, said they didn't know. Imposing a 150-year sentence in 2009, judge Denny Chin called Madoff's crimes "extraordinarily evil". She eventually gave him her own pension, funds, Judge Chin wrote in his notes. In fact, today, when he did turn around and acknowledged the victims, I felt as if there was a satisfaction that I had actually penetrated. His son Mark also killed himself on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. Yet symbolism was important, he said, given the enormity of Mr. Madoffs crimes. Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff's request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses. He was confirmed in April 2010 and took senior status in June 2021. "Although the crimes Bernie was convicted of have come to define who he was - he was also a father and a husband. "I dug myself deeper into a hole" as the scheme progressed, Madoff said, adding that he would "live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life.". A Class of 1975 graduate, Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of California and Hawaii. Frank DiPascali, the companys chief financial officer, said in a guilty plea in 2009 that the statements detailing trades were all fake. There was also Carla Hirshhorn, who said she was thankful that her father died before he realized that his wife's financial security was ruined. The amount includes all his personal property, real estate, investments and $80 million in assets that his wife who has not been charged had claimed were hers. So, you know, I've served. "It's real important for you to be involved," he said. At the time, both were being investigated for alleged illegal fundraising activities. If the mind can scarcely comprehend a figure so large, the federal sentencing guidelines don't even try. How do you excuse deceiving your family, your investors and an industry you spent your life trying to improve? Last year, Madoff's lawyers filed court papers to try to get him released from prison in the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he had suffered from end-stage renal disease and other chronic medical conditions. He stole from the in between. The judge, explaining why he had rejected the defenses request for a substantially shorter sentence, provided two reasons why the symbolism of a much longer term was important: to send the strongest possible message of deterrence, and to help the victims heal. He has taught Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham, Harvard, and Yale Law Schools, and he taught Legal Writing at Fordham for more than thirty years. Mr. IRWIN CANTOR: I'm a professional loser, yeah. But in truth no securities were ever bought or sold. / AP. He felt that Mr. Madoffs conduct was so egregious, he said, that I should do everything I possibly could to punish him.. Updated on: April 14, 2021 / 7:00 PM Totally a nice guy, understated, unassuming, fell for it lock, stock and barrel. Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center, a prison for inmates with health needs, in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes. 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