But some observers even questioned its network of complicity

No mercy for those who berné thousands of investors and foundations since the beginning of the 1980s. Eight years after the Enron scandal and seven years after the WorldCom case, American justice intended to give a strong signal. In accordance with the wishes of the public prosecutor, judge Denny Chin sentenced yesterday the Bernard Madoff broker, sixty and eleven, to a maximum of one hundred and fifty years for "evasion of extraordinary dimension."

According to the representative of the Government, the scam "to the devastating effects for generations of investors across the country" and abroad has already caused, to date, some $ 13.2 billion in losses on receivables 1.341. But the impact of the fraud, estimated at 65 billion, likely to be even more considerable.

"I will ask no forgiveness ...." "I will live with the pain and this torment until the end of my days," has bredouillé Bernard Madoff returning briefly to his victims. Just has he admitted to having committed "a terrible error of judgment" by "refusing to accept errors of brokerage. While his lawyer, Ira Sorkin, had pleaded for a sentence reduced to twelve years in view of its "life expectancy" of his auto-dénonciation, judge Chin preferred to follow the recommendations of the Crown for the greater severity. In its memorandum, it insisted on the deterrent scope of sentence emphasizing that Bernard Madoff had continued to carry out his plan, even in the light of the verdict in the WorldCom case in 2006.

Anger, tears and indignation alternated yesterday in the ranks of the victims who attend the condemnation of the "confiscatory Monster" at the headquarters of the District Court of southern Manhattan. None of the 9 authorized victims to testify before the Court was of fairly harsh words to condemn the head of his financial and moral ruin. A "hungry Monster" for a couple of pensioners who has lost everything, "a beast never quenched" for another victim who recommends that the judge to "bear cage" as long as possible. Between two SOBs, a ruined widow also pinned the "criminal complicity in the dry", which is illustrated by "incompetent."

"Life savings."

"Is not the place to criticise the control bodies", Cup however the judge Chin. Returning more often are "life savings a lifetime savings who are parties in smoke. Each time, the shoulders of Bernard Madoff, which turns its back on its victims, settle more.

Despite the symbolic impact of the severity of the sentence, six times longer than those imposed on the leaders of WorldCom and Enron, the investigation into the real extent and specific jurisdictions of the Madoff scandal is just beginning. By pleading guilty, on 13 March, Bernard Madoff clearly sought to protect his family and his immediate entourage by avoiding a lengthy trial and embarrassing stories. His lawyer, Ira Sorkin, also committed yesterday that his client will to cooperate with the authorities to find the potential funds scattered offshore places. But some observers even questioned its network of complicity.

The admission of the liquidator, Irving Picard, to inquire into complaints of 8.848 victims, Bernard Madoff has so far not shown genuine willingness to cooperate with investigators. Blur around rest regarding the extent of actual loss, the amount theoretical flow of investment ($170 billion) raised by the Crown very largely superior to the $ 65 billion estimated by the investigators on the basis of fictitious accounting of Bernard Madoff.

"When you've lost everything, the amount of your loss has more importance because you do is nothing," said elsewhere yesterday one of the victims with philosophy.