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Last Modified: 12 Mar 2009
By: Channel 4 News
Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to charges he orchestrated the biggest financial swindle in Wall Street history.
The former financier is charged with cheating investors out of billions of dollars in a fraud whose magnitude shocked the public and drew demands for stricter regulations.
"I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done," the gray-haired 70-year-old Madoff said as he pleaded guilty to 11 criminal charges.