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Madoff Son Found Dead in NYC in Apparent Suicide
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NEW YORK (Dec. 11) - One of Bernard Madoff's sons was found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, according to police and a lawyer for the family. Mark Madoff, 46, was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan's fashionable SoHo section, according to police department spokesman Paul Browne. A relative notified police around 7:30 a.m. "Mark Madoff took his own life today. This is a terrible and unnecessary tragedy," his lawyer, Martin Flumenbaum, said in a written statement. His body was found hanging from a dog leash that had been fashioned ...
Bernie Madoff and the Wise Men of Chelm
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyChampion swindler Bernie Madoff was sentenced today to what amounts to life in prison. And amid the ongoing stories about Madoff, I see the recurring questions: How could so many smart people have allowed themselves to be swindled? And how could he have done it to people with whom he seemingly had such strong ties of culture and faith? As Marie Brenner put it earlier this year in Vanity Fair: "What kind of Jew victimizes Elie Wiesel?" ...
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