NEW YORK – Careful to blame only himself, a “deeply sorry and ashamed” Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims. “I...

At least 25 investors in Bernard Madoff’s failed business are asking to speak at a Thursday hearing at which Madoff is expected to plead guilty. Federal prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Denny Chin Monday that they had received 78 e-mails in response to an order from Chin notifying...

NEW YORK — A multi-national coalition of law firms is asking G-20 nations to form an international financial court for cases like the global scam allegedly run by Bernard Madoff. Representatives of the 45-member coalition, made up of law firms from 25 nations representing some 10,000 Madoff victims,...