A close friend of jailed US fraudster Bernard Madoff has been found dead at the bottom of his own swimming pool in the US state of Florida. 

Jeffry Picower, who has been accused of financially benefitting from Mr Madoff’s ponzi scheme, may have died under suspicious circumstances according to local police.

Bernard Madoff is currently serving a 150-year sentence after pleading guilty to running a $65bn Ponzi scheme.

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