Madoff Wants to Make 'Dying Plea' for Release
Bernie Madoff, who disclosed last month that he is dying of kidney disease , wants to make a "final dying, personal plea" for freedom, the fraudster's lawyer said Thursday in a request for a new...
View ArticleMadoff Victims to Receive Another Check
Another $378.5 million is on its way to victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The Justice Department said Monday that this will be the fifth round of payments, from a government fund of forfeited...
View ArticleJudge Won't Release Madoff
Saying "many people are still suffering from" the crimes committed by Bernie Madoff, a federal judge refused Thursday to set the convict free. Madoff, 82, is serving a 150-year sentence, but his...
View ArticleWhy the Mets Pay a 57-Year-Old $1.2M Every July 1
It's a pretty safe bet that July 1 is Bobby Bonilla's favorite day of the year. That's because it's the day on which the New York Mets pay him $1,193,248.20. Bonilla, 57, hasn't picked up a bat since...
View ArticleBernie Madoff Dies in Prison at Age 82
Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told the AP . Madoff...
View ArticleThe Shared Blame for Madoff
"Everyone was greedy," Bernie Madoff once said. "I just went along." That's a little convenient, but then there's been a lot of revisionism since his scams were exposed. Plenty of people say they'd...
View ArticleMadoff Is Dead, but 'Clawback' Effort Isn't
Epic Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff is dead . But the effort to untangle his web of deceit lives on. More than 12 years after Madoff confessed to running one of the biggest financial fraud in...
View ArticleBernie Madoff's Final Days Involved Gangrene, Hallucinations
In the last months of Bernie Madoff's life, the Ponzi schemer developed gangrene and had two toes amputated, suffered from hallucinations, lost eight teeth, and experienced a host of other physical and...
View ArticleBernie Madoff's Sister and Her Husband Found Dead
A couple found dead inside their home in Boynton Beach, Fla., Thursday afternoon were identified Sunday as relatives of the late Bernie Madoff. The disgraced financier's sister, Sondra Wiener, 87, was...
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