WASHINGTON (WNCN) – Bernie Madoff is asking President Donald Trump to commute his sentence.
The Department of Justice website shows Madoff has filed a clemency petition that’s still pending.
There’s no word from the White House as to whether the president may grant his request.
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Madoff, now 81, was arrested in 2008 and later convicted in relation to being the mastermind behind a massive Ponzi scheme.
Madoff swindled billions of dollars from his investors.
Madoff is now serving a 150-year sentence for money laundering, perjury, and other crimes.
He is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner.
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