Before You Watch Madoff: The Quick and Dirty Guide to the Bernie Madoff Scandal

Now one Bayside, Queens, boy who made good with movies like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind is coming out of self-described retirement to play the other Bayside boy who went very, very bad (the ABC miniseries “Madoff” premieres February 

Madoff's Ponzi scheme ultimately led to a loss of nearly $65 billion. His company was multifaceted, but it was the advisory and wealth management component of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC that was shouldering the Ponzi scheme.

ET was first on the set of ABC's miniseries, Madoff, about the man who pulled off one of the greatest cons in history. Bernie Madoff, currently serving a 150-year prison sentence, defrauded thousands of investors out of nearly $65 billion in the

(ABC) – NASDAQ Chair and prolific financial fraudster Bernie Madoff (Richard Dreyfuss) lures unwilling victims into his elaborate Ponzi scheme as federal investigators unravel the methods behind his crimes. Get a look into the mind of the man who

Dreyfuss, who plays this rapacious investment guru in ABC's miniseries "Madoff" (airing Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. EST), isn't about to plead Bernie's case. "But actors don't only play people they approve of," says the Oscar-winning actor who for