Mon, Jun 29th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - From bars haunted by private wealth managers to luxury shops damaged by the fallout of the scandal, residents of the rich Florida seaside town where money manager Bernard Madoff found many of his victims applauded ...Read More

Lou Dobbs: Senate, White House A Possibility

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Politics |

Lou Dobbs: Senate, White House A Possibility West Palm Beach, FL (AHN) – Former CNN host Lou Dobbs says he is not ruling out running for Senate or making a run for the White House in 2012. Dobbs, 64, has been answering questions about his future since leaving ...Read More

Boats seized in Madoff scandal sell for $2 million

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Business |

* Madoff boats bring more than $1 million at auction * DiPascali's yacht draws highest price, $950,000 * Proceeds to benefit victims of Madoff Ponzi scheme MIAMI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Four boats seized by U.S.authorities from imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff and hisright-hand ...Read More

Madoff's yacht, 2 smaller boats up for auction

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Business |

Madoff's yacht, 2 smaller boats up for auction FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - A vintage 55-foot (16.7-meter) yacht named "Bull" and two smaller boats that once belonged to imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff are headed for the auction block, along with an even bigger yacht once owned by Madoff's right-hand ...Read More

Bidding Up Madoff's Stuff

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Business |

Even from behind bars, Bernard Madoff can bring in the cash. Saturday's government auction of items seized from Bernard and Ruth Madoff's New York residences, expected to bring in $500,000, brought in more than $1 million. The trove of roughly 200 ...Read More

Bernard Madoff auction raises $900000

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Business |

Bernard Madoff auction raises $900000 Valuation has always been an elastic concept in anything touching Bernard Madoff. But even the notorious Wall Street fraudster might have balked at the lofty prices paid for his personal belongings by souvenir hunters. More than 500 people filled the ballroom ...Read More

Madoff items net $1 million

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories |

NEW YORK -- Items once belonging to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife have been sold in New York City for a total of about $1 million, twice as much as auctioneers had hoped for. Alan Richardson, a Florida ...Read More

Madoff's personal items sold off to aid victims

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

Madoff's personal items sold off to aid victims NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 100 items belonging to notorious swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife were auctioned off on Saturday to help repay his victims, with many fetching far more than their estimated value set by the U.S. ...Read More

Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories, U.S. |

Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC NEW YORK -It was about fascination with big money — and the life of a couple at the center of the biggest financial fraud case in U.S. history. Bernard and Ruth Madoff's belongings fetched as much as 20 times their estimated ...Read More

Madoff's personal belongings up for auction

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

NEW YORK -As Bernard Madoff sits in a North Carolina prison serving a 150-year sentence, remnants of the fallen financier's once lavish lifestyle are going on the auction block at a Manhattan hotel. Around 200 items — ranging from a half-used ...Read More

IRS documents say Zsa Zsa Gabor owes $118,321 in back taxes; Lawyer says Madoff money to blame

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories |

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien of more ...Read More

IRS papers say Zsa Zsa Gabor has $118,321 tax bill

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Entertainment, Top Stories |

LOS ANGELES—Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien of more than $118,000 for ...Read More

Looking for a boogie board emblazoned with 'Madoff'? Then hit this NYC auction

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business |

NEW YORK (AP) - They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on a government auction block. Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier's homes are being sold Saturday in Manhattan, ranging from dishes, pens and ...Read More

US Charges Madoff Programmers

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed |

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan brought criminal charges Friday against two men for allegedly being the technological brains behind Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, and suggested charges against others could follow. The case against two former computer programmers, Jerome O'Hara and George ...Read More

NEW YORK - US-Madoff-Auction(BC)

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business |

NEW YORK - US-Madoff-Auction(BC) NEW YORK - They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on a government auction block. Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier's homes are being sold Saturday in Manhattan, ranging from dishes, pens and stationery ...Read More

Spoils of Madoff's feast on the auction block

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business |

NEW YORK - They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on the auction block. Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier's homes are being sold Saturday in Manhattan. They range from furs, dishes and stationery to ...Read More

U.S. arrests and charges two Madoff programmers

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business |

U.S. arrests and charges two Madoff programmers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two computer programmers designed codes to falsify thousands of fake trade blotters and phantom records for swindler Bernard Madoff and took hush money to help keep the massive fraud going, U.S. authorities said. The FBI arrested Jerome ...Read More

Feds Nab Madoff's Computer Guys

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed |

Maybe all the employees on the secretive 17th floor of Bernard Madoff's brokerage firm offices weren't the bumbling automatons they've been made out to be. Prosecutors today charged two former computer programmers in their ongoing investigation of Madoff's $65 billion swindle, ...Read More

Computer whiz duo charged in Madoff scheme

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business |

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Federal regulators on Friday charged two computer programmers for helping convicted swindler Bernard Madoff perpetrate one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. The programmers, Jerome O'Hara and George Perez , allegedly took "hush money" in exchange ...Read More

Ex-Madoff computer programmers arrested

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories |

Ex-Madoff computer programmers arrested NEW YORK—Two former computer programmers for Bernard Madoff's investment firm were arrested Friday on charges they helped cover up the disgraced money manager's massive fraud for more than 15 years. The U.S. attorney's office said Jerome O'Hara, of Malverne, N.Y., and ...Read More

Two former Madoff computer programmers arrested

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed |

Two former Madoff computer programmers arrested NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two of Bernard Madoff's former computer programmers were arrested Friday on charges of falsifying books and helping the former financier operate a $65 billion Ponzi scheme. The two men, Jerome O'Hara, 46, and George Perez, 43, were ...Read More