Richard Dreyfuss On Playing Bernie Madoff: He Was An 'Inexcusable Monster'

At the time of Madoff's arrest, his clients thought they had a total of some $64 billion based on profits over the years. The victims will be compensated only for the amount of money they originally invested, not the fictitious profits that Madoff created.

More likely Madoff feels contempt for him as well, as if DiPascali is just another greedy guy who wants to ride to the top on Madoff's brains. In the end, no one's going to feel sorry Bernie Madoff went to jail, only that he didn't get there 40 years

It's loosely based on The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth, a book by ABC chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross. It's not the last time a fictional Madoff will grace television screens, though. HBO is also working on

On Wednesday and Thursday, ABC presents Madoff, a four-hour recounting of the rise and abrupt fall of Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff – Bernie to those who falsely believed him to be their friend – whose portrayal by Richard Dreyfuss makes no excuses for 

Thanks to the U.S. Marshals Service, you could own Bernie Madoff's Patek Philippe. The Marshals are auctioning six pieces of jewelry that belonged to the Ponzi scheme mastermind and his wife Ruth: a diamond tennis bracelet, gold money clip, antique