The Wizard of Lies
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"The Wizard of Lies" is a 2017 television film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff, an American investment manager who operated history's largest Ponzi scheme. Madoff's scheme involved defrauding investors by paying early investors with money from later investors, rather than from actual profits. The film likely explores Madoff's rise, the operation of his fraudulent investment firm, and his eventual downfall and conviction.12
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Robert De NiroComedies and later work…in the HBO TV movie The Wizard of Lies, playing Bernie Madoff, a hedge-fund investor who operated the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
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