Read an excerpt from Brian Ross' new book of the Madoff family. — -- ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross' new book, "The Madoff Chronicles," provides an in-depth look at the ...

A US government fund created to compensate thousands of people scammed by the late Bernie Madoff in history’s biggest Ponzi scheme is making its final batch of payments — and it has now made up nearly ...

FBI agent says Madoff came close to shredding most damning files. — -- Even before he admitted his Ponzi scheme to his family, Bernard Madoff had begun a plan to destroy the most damning evidence ...

Victims of notorious Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff are receiving their final payments — bringing the total amount doled out by a compensation fund to over $4.3 billion, the feds announced Monday. The ...

The 10th and final distribution from a fund for victims of the late Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff began Monday, the Department of Justice said. The last disbursement, of more than $131 million, is ...

Bernard Madoff went down in history as the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme ever uncovered, defrauding investors of more than $65 billion. But what exactly did he do, and why did his case ...

It’s been more than 15 years since federal authorities put an end to Bernie Madoff’s massive and destructive Ponzi scheme but the Justice Department is only now distributing final compensation ...

On December 11, 2008, the financial world was rocked by the arrest of Bernard Madoff, a man once revered as a titan on Wall Street. His name had long been synonymous with trust and success in ...

Kevin Bacon is looking on the bright side. The “Footloose” star said in a new interview that despite losing a fortune in Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme more than a decade ago, he now focuses on ...

NEW YORK -- The amount of money recovered for victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme has now topped $11 billion, bankruptcy lawyers announced today. "We now have $11,079,000,000," said Irving ...

Kevin Bacon says he’s “not jaded” after losing a significant amount of money in Bernie Madoff’s 2008 Ponzi scheme. “There’s not that much to say, really. If it seems too good to be true, then it’s too ...