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09 Sep 2009 11:10

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Biz: Perfect for a crazy cat lady: Bernie Madoff’s old penthouse

  • $10 million in ill-gotten catnip, and it’s all yours source
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02 Sep 2009 20:43

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Biz, U.S.: Way to bungle the Bernard Madoff case, U.S. government

  • 1992 the year that the Securities and Exchange Commission was informed that Bernard Madoff might be doing some sketchy things
  • 2008 the year that Madoff’s house of cards started to crumble, taking thousands of peoples’ life savings with it in the process source
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14 Jul 2009 13:12

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Biz, U.S.: Here’s how Bernard Madoff shall henceforth be known

  • 61727-054 his prisoner number source
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29 Jun 2009 11:45

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Biz, U.S.: For all those wanting to see Bernard Madoff rot in prison, here you go

  • 150 years in the slammer for the scammer source
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27 Jun 2009 13:02

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Biz, U.S.: Ruth Madoff is gonna be (relatively) slummin’ thanks to a judge

  • $2.5 million to survive on for the rest of her life. Oh no source
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26 Jun 2009 20:57

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Biz, U.S.: The U.S. wants Bernard Madoff to stay in prison for a long while

  • 150 years they want of weekends at Bernie’s prison cell source
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23 Jun 2009 22:37

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Biz, U.S.: Bernie Madoff’s trying to get his sentence reduced – drastically

  • 150 number of years the master of the fraud game, Bernard Madoff, could go to prison
  • 12 number of years his lawyer, Ira Sorkin, is asking for him instead; whatta d-bag source
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12 May 2009 21:40

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Biz: Bernard Madoff cleared out his bank accounts before his arrest

  • $12 billion mysteriously disappeared from his accounts in 2008
  • $6
    billion     said sayonara in the three months prior to his arrest source
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17 Apr 2009 18:22

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Politics, U.S.: Five guesses as to who the anonymous university donor was

  • one Bernard Madoff: Because he had to save his reputation somehow.
  • two R. Allen Stanford: See what we said about Bernard Madoff, then add cricket.
  • three Mark Cuban: Because he likes making points in roundabout, absurd ways.
  • four Bill Gates: Because he cares too much about helping out sometimes.
  • five Joaquin Guzman: Because Mexican drug lords make pretty great benefactors.
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12 Apr 2009 21:22

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Biz, Sports: One lucky Mets fan and Bernard Madoff hater got his eBay wish

  • $1040 the face value of two tickets for tomorrow’s season opener owned by jailed bad guy Bernard Madoff
  • $7,500 amount the tickets sold for on eBay; their value doubled in the final two hours of the auction source
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