The door Wall Street financier Bernard, horse's (Bernard Madoff) brother was sentenced to ten years in prison, his role in his brother's ponzi scheme.
At the age of 67, Peter McDonnell husband said he is "deeply ashamed" of his actions, and for his own behavior take full responsibility.
In June, with his plot implementation securities fraud and forgery charges of book plea.
His brother was convicted in 2009, and was sentenced to 150 years in prison for running $65 billion (40 billion pounds) of fraud.
Experts estimated that, investors lost about $20 billion.
"Unemployment pariah"
In Thursday's sentencing hearing, New York, Peter McDonnell husband said: "my behavior, I am deeply ashamed. For my own behavior bear full responsibility."
Prosecutors said earlier in the court, he didn't stop his younger brother, even to have worked together for more than forty years.
They think that Peter McDonnell husband, former chief compliance officer and his brother's company's senior managing director, to create a false and misleading commits files, but the company seems to have an effective compliance program.
He also accused in the family transfer of millions of dollars to evade tax, the company's employees are wrong to his wife.
But defense lawyers said Monday in the courts of the submitted documents, Peter Douglas was broke, "unemployment pariah", add, he learned that his brother's crimes, in December 2008, his clients have regret.
"Peter really believe that his brother is a brilliant brokers, therefore, he encouraged his family, his brother management account investment millions of dollars," defense lawyer John rong said, according to court documents.
Peter McDonnell husband agreed to in 10 years' imprisonment, prosecutors in June, a plea part of the agreement.
The agreement deprived him of his assets, savings, family and personal property, and all future assets and income, his lawyer said.
Bernard, horse's (Bernard Madoff), now 74, has repeatedly denied his brother have any to participate in the plan.




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