
Bernard Madoff, the New York broker accused of perpetrating an alleged $50bn fraud, was on Wednesday placed under home detention with electronic monitoring by a court order.
By Joanna Chung in New York
Published: December 17 2008 16:23 | Last updated: December 18 2008 01:45

Bernard Madoff, the New York broker accused of perpetrating an alleged $50bn fraud, was on Wednesday placed under home detention with electronic monitoring by a court order.