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NEW YORK: The Madoff Client List of Divorces: Did the Ponzi King wreck these marriages?

Did Bernie’s ponzi scheme put these marriages in divorce’s way? Poor Bernie Madoff. He’s getting blamed for everything, including people’s bankrupted marriages. No fair! The man may have tried some creative accounting and investing acrobatics which have now plunged him into a septic tank of trouble, but is it really his fault that your marriage …

Mark Madoff's first divorce reveals…(with suicide update)

Mark Madoff’s divorce and suicide Mark Madoff,eldest son of Bernie (“Ponzi”) Madoff, was worth $8 million dollars back in 2000 when he divorced his first wife Susan. This according to Greenwich Roundup. But why does this matter? He is now happily remarried to one Stephanie Mikesell and they run a tax exempt foundation or two. …

NEW YORK: Is Mark Madoff getting divorced? Or is he just losing his swagger?

Mark Madoff pre and post Ponzi…has he lost his swagger*?….did I mention I love the word Swagger? I think if I ever had a son, I might even call him that. Swagger. Swagger Jones. Do you think that could work? Okay. Moving right along. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/09/things_have_really_gone_pear-s.html Poor Mark Madoff isn’t looking too debonair these days. I was …

NEW YORK: Bernie Madoff's $250,000 pay off to secretary to hush adultery?

I don’t even care about this so I don’t know why I’m writing about it. But according to the New York Post, Bernie Madoff supposedly had a few adulterous trysts at the office. I had thought that his last secretary whatsherface seemed suspect in the sense that, she might have wanted him and there might …

Hey Ruth Madoff, forced to sell the marital residence? Why don’t you…

It’s worse than if she is getting divorced or if she’s been widowed. The topper insult is that Ruth will have to sell the marital residences give the residences to the Feds who will sell them and divvy the proceeds amongst investors. It’s a glorified receivership like what happens in some divorces where the property …

Ruth Madoff downsizes to $2.5 million settlement with Feds

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RUTH MADOFF’S DIVORCE SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN FINALIZED Wife of infamous Wall Street ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has agreed cut a deal with federal prosecutors according to Reuters. Instead of pursuing claims that she is entitled to about $70 million in assets from her “marital estate” she will give up all claims to all but $2.5 million …

FBI charges Pang with fraud: Was Janie Pang planning to divorce husband Danny Pang b4 murder?

The Taiwanese Madoff may have been heading for divorce Now that he has officially been charged with fraud, will 33 year old Taiwanese equity guru Danny Pang’s deceased wife’s murder come back to haunt him? Danny’s just been charged by the SEC and, I think, FBI for fraud and for running a ponzi scheme. He has stepped …

With Bernie Madoff forced into bankruptcy what will Ruth do to get her “alimony”

Now that the judge has ordered that Bernie’s investors/creditors can force him into bankruptcy, it looks like Ruth’s options have gotten more streamlined. She definitely will have to get in line behind creditors, not only with respect to business assets, but also personal assets as well. I mean, she would be entitled to some “exemptions.” Even …

Peter & Marion Madoff on estate planning for the savvy divorcee

I just read in Crains that Bernie Madoff’s brother Peter Madoff has been put on a $10,000 per month allowance by a federal judge while prosecutors probe the assets of the ponzi schemer’s kin. This is very scary, obviously. Especially if you are Lawyer X Madoff, his wife. (Btw, I love that name: Lawyer X …

Ruth Madoff on how to get a fake divorce

Experts are calling on Ruth Madoff to divorce her husband Bernard L. Madoff. We’ve been thinking about that and it gave us the idea for a “fake” divorce. Is there such thing as a fake divorce? Yes, says we at Divorce Saloon. A fake divorce is basically a type of fraud against the court. It …