(Bloomberg) -- Bernie Madoff has asked President Donald Trump to shorten his lifetime prison sentence.
Madoff, the financier convicted of running the largest Ponzi scheme in history and sentenced in 2009 to 150 years in prison, filed a request for a commutation with the Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney, according to the office's website. It couldn't immediately be determined when the request was filed.
CNBC reported Madoff's request earlier on Wednesday.
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