Symptoms include: Pain and tenderness in the ball of the foot and the big toe; Swelling and bruising of the ball of the foot and the big toe; Inability to bear weight on the ball of the injured foot; Inability to push off on the big toe; Reduced range of motion in the big toe.
Lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin, who represents Madoff, asked for a 12-year sentence. In a letter to the judge, Sorkin explained that his 71-year-old client has an approximate life expectancy of 13 years and isn't likely to outlive the requested sentence by more than a year.
Ripped Off By Madoff. Bernie Madoff, 70, is accused of defrauding investors of more than $50 billion in a. decades-old Ponzi scheme. Although banks and hedge funds suffered the heaviest losses, many famous. faces and their charities also were hit hard.