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Ruth Madoff May Not Keep Her $2.5M For Long

Victims can still sue swindler's wife to recoup losses

(Newser) - When she leaves her Manhattan penthouse, Ruth Madoff will have a mere $2.5 million to her name—and she might not have that for long either, Newsday reports. Madoff’s deal with the government—in which she’ll gives up more than $80 million in assets, keeping just the...

US Won't Charge Ruth Madoff

Not enough evidence to nab Bernie's wife in Ponzi scheme

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff won’t be prosecuted in her husband’s giant Ponzi scheme, insiders tell the New York Post, because the feds didn't find enough evidence against her after a 6-month probe. She had “no criminal exposure,” one source says. But if something new turns up, authorities could...

Ruth Madoff: 'Not a Day Goes By When I Don't Ache'

Bernie's wife releases statement on Ponzi schemer

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff said in a statement today she’s “embarrassed and ashamed” of her husband’s crime, the Wall Street Journal reports—and anyone who believes she’s shown “indifference or lack of sympathy” in her silence has perceived “exactly the opposite of the truth.” “...

How Will Ruth Madoff Survive on Just $2.5M?

With $125K to spend yearly, time to trade in the pair of Mercedes

(Newser) - With just $2.5 million at her disposal as her husband heads to jail, Ruth Madoff won't exactly be sentenced to penury, but she'll have to cut her annual expenses to the low six figures if she wants it to last her lifetime, reports Brett Arends of the Wall Street ...

Where's the Money, Bernie?
Where's the
Money, Bernie?
Jun 29, 2009 4:21 AM CDT

Where's the Money, Bernie?

(Newser) - Investigators have only recovered $1.2 billion of the $13.2 billion bilked from investors by Bernard Madoff since 1995, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eligible victims may be compensated up to $500,000 by the Securities Investor Protection Corp., but the rest will have to come from whatever investigators...

Madoff's Wife to Give Up $80M; Bernie Hit for $170B

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff struck a deal with federal prosecutors today to forfeit nearly $80 million in assets and retain only $2.5 million in cash, the Wall Street Journal reports. The wife of swindler Bernard Madoff reached the agreement with the US attorney's office in Manhattan. Meanwhile, a US judge entered...

Ruth Madoff Rides Subway
 Ruth Madoff Rides Subway 
Jun 25, 2009 10:35 AM CDT

Ruth Madoff Rides Subway

Ponzi schemer's wife blames paps, of all people, for ruining her life

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff’s life has hit a new low—literally. It's subterranean: The New York Post spotted her on the subway yesterday, seated directly underneath an ad promoting 99-cent cellphones. The disgraced financier's wife, with gray-streaked hair and distinctly unfashionable attire, was not happy with the photographer, asking, “...

For Ruth Madoff, Prison Is a 2-Story Condo
For Ruth Madoff, Prison Is a 2-Story Condo
ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2009 2:40 PM CDT

For Ruth Madoff, Prison Is a 2-Story Condo

Disowned by sons, Bernie's wife gets cold shoulder in NYC

(Newser) - Behind every disgraced financier is a disgraced wife, but the public reaction to Ruth Madoff has been especially withering, Lynnley Browning writes in the New York Times. While the wives of other swindlers have reinvented themselves, Mrs. Madoff—scorned by her hairdresser, florist, and sons—has not tried to restore...

Madoff Sons Give Dad the Cold Shoulder

Haven't spoken to him since Ponzi confession

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s sons haven’t spoken to their father since he told them about his Ponzi scheme in December, a confession that drove Andrew to tears and Mark to anger. Nor have they spoken to their mother, whom they see as an enabler, David Margolick writes in a Vanity ...

Madoff's $100K AmEx Bills Point to Rampant Abuse

Investors' money kept family living luxe

(Newser) - Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff used investors’ money as a “personal piggy bank” to support family, as well as some staff, extravagances, ABC reports. Documents filed in New York bankruptcy court show that Ruth Madoff used the company card to purchase nearly $5,000 of clothing at Paris boutiques last January,...

Secretary Dishes About Madoff's 'Roving Eye'

Inside details paint picture of lewd Ponzi schemer

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff “was irresistible to women,” his longtime secretary says, and the confessed Ponzi schemer felt the same way about them, perusing escort ads and keeping “about a dozen phone numbers for his masseuses” in his address book. Eleanor Squillari reveals intimate details about her boss, including...

Swank Hair Salon Cuts Ruth Madoff

Ponzi scheming hubby burned too many clients

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff might be going gray—and not due to stress over Bernie’s legal troubles. She’s been banned from getting her hair colored at a New York salon, the Post reports. “The Pierre Michel salon's clients are among some of Manhattan's most elite,” says a rep....

Madoff Victims Trustee Eyes Brother's Bucks

New focus on Peter as trustee seeks to compensate swindle victims

(Newser) - A federal court official may seek to claw back any funds transferred by Bernard Madoff's swindle company to his brother, reports the New York Post. The new focus on Madoff's sibling, an officer in his firm, was revealed in a letter to an attorney representing a New York law student....

Ruth Madoff Pays Bernie First Visit in Jail

Ponzi schemer's wife stays silent after Manhattan meeting

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff visited her husband in his new prison home for the first time yesterday, the New York Post reports. The swindler's wife, accompanied by private security, appeared calm and relaxed after her 20-minute meeting with Bernard Madoff in the Manhattan Correctional Center, although she refused to answer reporters' questions...

Feds Grab Madoff Mansion
 Feds Grab Madoff Mansion 
Apr 2, 2009 1:35 AM CDT

Feds Grab Madoff Mansion

$11M Palm Beach pad will be sold to pay pack Ponzi scheme victims

(Newser) - Federal authorities seized Bernard Madoff's Florida mansion yesterday shortly after confiscating his two yachts, the New York Daily News reports. US marshals and Palm Beach police took over the five-bedroom $11 million mansion—which is in Ruth Madoff's name—as part of an effort to seize as many Madoff assets...

Madoff 'Cheated on Wife, Too'

Ponzi schemer linked to exec assistant at media firm: insider

(Newser) - His investors may not have been the only ones Bernie Madoff cheated: sources tell the New York Daily News that the Ponzi schemer had at least one extramarital affair . He was involved with an executive assistant at a big media firm "eight or nine years ago," one insider...

France Will Battle US for Madoff Chateau

Rival prosecutors preparing to grab Riviera pad

(Newser) - A legal tug-of-war is getting underway over the Madoffs' Riviera chateau, reports the New York Post. Bernard and Ruth Madoff's $1 million French pad is among the assets US federal prosecutors want the couple to forfeit to help reimburse scammed investors, but French authorities—who have opened a criminal inquiry...

Madoff Accountant Faces 105 Years for Fraud

He signed off on false books for years: feds

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant has been arrested and charged with securities fraud in the $64 billion Ponzi scheme, the New York Post reports. David Friehling, 49, is accused of helping Madoff dupe his investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission by filing fake audits. Friehling allegedly received $186,000 annually...

Feds Go After Madoff's Sons, Wife's Jewelry

US seeks payback of loans, along with gems, cufflinks

(Newser) - The Madoff accounting continues. Authorities said today they intend to collect millions of dollars from Bernie's sons, about $2.6 million worth of his wife's jewelry, and 35 watches and cufflinks that belonged to the Ponzi schemer himself, the Daily News reports. Madoff lent son Mark $9.5 million, much...

Feds Now Scrambling to Freeze Ruth Madoff's Millions

(Newser) - Federal investigators are scrambling "around the clock" to freeze Ruth Madoff's $93 million in assets before it disappears, sources told the New York Post. "The US attorneys will tell a judge in the next week or so that they believe Mrs. Madoff's assets are derived from ill-gotten gains...

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