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Madoff's NY beach home sells for more than $8.75M

Sep. 17, 2009
Anyone hoping to buy Bernard Madoff's Long Island beach house has probably missed the chance. A spokeswoman for broker the Corcoran Group said Thursday a buyer has signed a contract to buy the fallen financier's Montauk (MAHN'-tawk), N.Y., retreat for more...
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Feds to sell Madoff properties

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NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Federal authorities are selling New York and Florida properties belonging to convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff to compensate his fraud victims.

Ruth Madoff seeks tax refund in her name

PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The wife of disgraced U.S. financier Bernie Madoff says she wants a Palm Beach County, Fla., tax refund check to be reissued in her name alone.

Madoff's wife gets passport back

NEW YORK, July 8 (UPI) -- The wife of convicted Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff is no longer without a passport, her attorney says.

Ruth Madoff agrees to give up most assets

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.

Charities fret as Madoff investors cited

PALM BEACH, Fla., June 7 (UPI) -- Florida charities say they're being affected as authorities target local philanthropists who allegedly profited from convicted investor Bernard Madoff.

Madoff mansion said protected from seizure

PALM BEACH, Fla., March 17 (UPI) -- A homestead exemption granted to Ruth Madoff on her Palm Beach, Fla., mansion may make it harder for U.S. officials to seize the home, experts say.
Madoff attempts to sequester wife's assets

Madoff attempts to sequester wife's assets

NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) -- Defense lawyers for accused trader Bernard Madoff said assets belonging to the New York trader's wife are not related to Madoff's alleged fraud.

Vandals TP Madoff's Florida mansion

PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Teenagers claim they swathed Bernard Madoff's Florida mansion in toilet paper in retaliation for losing their trust funds in his alleged Ponzi scheme.

Thieves return alleged swindler's statue

PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Palm Beach, Fla., thieves have returned a $10,000 statue to accused multibillion-dollar swindler Bernard Madoff with an admonition to go straight, police said.

Statue stolen from Madoff's Fla. estate

PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Thieves have made off with a $10,000 statue from the Florida estate of arrested Wall Street investor Bernard Madoff, a police report said.
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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