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Madoff moved to medical wing of US prison
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-24 10:03
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 Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York, in this January 14, 2009 file photo. [Agencies]? |
WASHINGTON: Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was moved last week to the medical center within a federal prison for undisclosed reasons, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said on Wednesday.
Madoff, 71, is serving a 150-year prison term after pleading guilty to a $65 billion fraud. He has been imprisoned at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina.
A lawyer for Madoff was not immediately available for comment.
In late August, prison officials denied a published report that Madoff had been diagnosed with cancer and was terminally ill.
The New York Post reported that Madoff had cancer and that he had told other inmates that he did not have long to live. The newspaper cited unnamed prison sources.
Madoff pleaded guilty in March to orchestrating a worldwide Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of investors.
