Madoff learns in therapy he's a 'good person'

Jailed financier says massive fraud fed his ego

LOS ANGELES - Disgraced US financier Bernie Madoff says he is undergoing weekly psychiatric therapy sessions in prison, where he has learned he is a "good person" despite swindling investors out of billions of dollars.

Madoff, 72, serving a 150-year sentence after pleading guilty in March 2009 to orchestrating what is considered the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, conducted a phone interview from prison with New York magazine writer Steve Fishman.