Episode
Frontline: The Madoff Affair
Overview
Inside the world's first global Ponzi scheme - and how he got away with it for so long...
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 27
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2009-05-12
Episode context
The Madoff Affair is Episode 10 in Season 27 of Frontline. It aired on 2009-05-12.
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