Bernard Madoff’s son Mark found hanged

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Edward Helmore
London Guardian
December 11, 2010

Mark Madoff, the eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, has been found hanged in his downtown Manhattan apartment on the second anniversary that his father turned himself in to authorities.

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His death, which was reported to the police by his father-in-law at 7.30am today, came days after he was named in a new lawsuit by the liquidators of his father’s empire.

“He was found hanged in his apartment. It was an apparent suicide,” police spokesman Paul Browne said. But authorities said he left no suicide note.

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Mark Madoff and his brother, Andrew, were under investigation but had not faced any criminal charges in the $50bn (£31bn) Ponzi scheme that led to their father being jailed.

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This article was posted: Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 10:53 am

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