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DealBook: Madoff Is Moved to Atlanta Prison

Jul. 14, 2009
Bernard L. Madoff, convicted last month of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, was moved from his Manhattan jail cell to a prison in Atlanta, the Bureau of Prisons said in the early hours Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, June 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York approved an agreement Friday that allows Ruth Madoff, wife of admitted swindler Bernard Madoff, to keep $2.5 million in assets.
Four charged in connection to Madoff

Four charged in connection to Madoff

NEW YORK, June 23 (UPI) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission charged four people connected with New York trader Bernard Madoff with allegedly assisting in his massive fraud scheme.

Madoff spends 71st birthday behind bars

NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff celebrated his 71st birthday Wednesday in jail in New York, officials said.

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NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) -- Jailed investor Bernie Madoff gave a $20,000 gift to the grandson of a close friend but later took $460,000 from the child's trust fund, court papers show.
Lawsuit targets Madoff's kid brother

Lawsuit targets Madoff's kid brother

NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- A New York man says he is suing Bernard Madoff's brother for money lost in the financier's massive Ponzi scheme.
Judge sends Madoff to jail till sentencing

Judge sends Madoff to jail till sentencing

NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Disgraced Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff was ordered to prison Thursday after pleading guilty to 11 charges stemming from a decades-long Ponzi scheme.
Toy lets consumers 'smash' Madoff

Toy lets consumers 'smash' Madoff

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A toy that lets users trash the likeness of Ponzi scheme investment mastermind Bernard Madoff was unveiled this week at the New York Toy Fair.

Madoff faces possible life sentence

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Cooperating with authorities could keep New York trader Bernard Madoff from dying in prison if he is convicted in a massive fraud case, an attorney said.

Madoff associate found dead

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An investor who put at least $1.4 billion in the hands of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff appears to have committed suicide Tuesday, police say.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch