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Prison bureau refutes story that Madoff has cancer

Quick ReadBernard Madoff has not been diagnosed with cancer, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday.

Financier Bernard Madoff arrives at court.

Photo credit: Getty Images | Financier Bernard Madoff arrives at court.

Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff has not been diagnosed with cancer, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday, in response to a report that Madoff had told fellow prison inmates he was dying of the disease.

The New York Post reported Madoff, 71, who since June has been serving a 150-year sentence at a Butner, N.C., federal prison, has been telling inmates he does not have long to live,...

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