On December 12, 2008, Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged by the FBI for what turned out to be the largest fraud in financial history. In total, the white-collar fraudster embezzled between $50 billion and $65 billion, a crime that earned him no less than 150 years in prison… But why and how did he manage to pull off this extraordinary scam? Exclusive interviews with some of his close associates, as well as experts from Harvard and New York University, shed new light on this enigmatic figure who shook up Wall Street.