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06 Mar 2009 12:38

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Biz: Ruth Madoff has a buttload of money separate from Bernard’s. Really?

  • $45 million amount Ruth has in bonds, which are “unrelated” to her husband’s massive alleged Ponzi scheme. Oh boy.
  • $17 million amount Ruth has in cash. We imagine it’s probably organized in rolls of pennies in her lavish Manhattan apartment. source

27 Feb 2009 15:42

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Biz: Reenactment of what happened to Stanford’s funds: *poof*

  • $8
    billion
    amount R. Allen Stanford’s company sold in certificates of deposit over the years.
  • $90 million amount federal investigators have found so far. He lost the rest while playing cricket. source