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Page last updated at 16:22 GMT, Monday, 29 June 2009 17:22 UK

Madoff 'deserves' 150-year sentence

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Bernard Madoff has been given the maximum prison sentence of 150 years for masterminding a massive fraud that robbed investors of $65bn (£40bn).

Willard Foxton, whose father killed himself after losing his life savings in the former financier's scam, told the BBC he was '' very glad'' at the sentence.

READ MORE: Fraudster Madoff gets 150 years

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