Tables turned: Madoff letter to U.S. judge appears to be fake

Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme relied on reams of fake trading documents to fool regulators for decades. Now he may be the victim of a forgery himself, after a U.S. judge on Wednesday denied a bizarre motion supposedly filed by Madoff that claimed the U.S. intelligence agencies used “bio-electric sensors” to influence the case against him. The letter, which was made public alongside the judge’s order, appeared to be a fake. Madoff’s signature did not match his typical one, and the letter contained numerous typing mistakes and a handwritten rant. More on Reuters here.