As the far-reaching, devastating scandal unfolds; Cnbc delves into the mind of investment manager bernie madoff and explores how the ponzi scheme worked. Who were the victims in the multi-billion

[1] in december of that year, bernie madoff, the former nasdaq chairman and founder of the wall Ò€¦ Bernard madoff orchestrated the largest ponzi scheme in history, defrauding investors of up to $65 billion and this is his story Bernie madoff, a financial investor whose skill and track record was so legendary that people begged to open accounts with his firm, crashed hard in december 2008 when the truth finally came out