Saying he was "painfully aware that I have deeply hurt many many people", Madoff described a long-running scheme that he knew from the beginning was "criminal and wrong" but hoped would end shortly.

他说自己“痛苦地知道我深深地伤害了许多许多人”。马道夫讲述了一个他从起始就知道是“犯罪性的和错误的”而希望短期结束的旷日持久的骗局。