The Telegraph reports that HBO has purchased the rights of the recently published book “Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family” written with the help of Madoff’s son Andrew. The biography will be the basis for the film to be produced by De Niro and his company Tribeca Productions.
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Bernie Madoff made a lot of money and also screwed a lot of people out of their money with his ponzi scheme. If you don’t know about the Madoff Ponzi scheme, this article gives a great explanation on it.
http://explainlikeakid.blogspot.com/2011/10/bernie-madoffs-ponzi-scheme.html