Hanged: Madoff’s Son Found Dead in NYC Apartment
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NEW YORK (AP) — A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a son of Bernard Madoff has been found dead in New York City of an apparent suicide.
The official says Mark Madoff was found hanged in his Manhattan apartment.
A family member notified police around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
The official spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t allowed to speak publicly about the case.
Mark Madoff and his brother, Andrew, were under investigation but hadn‘t faced any criminal charges in the massive Ponzi scheme that led to their father’s jailing.
Bernard Madoff swindled a long list of investors out of billions of dollars and is serving a 150-year prison term.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a son of Bernard Madoff has been found dead in New York City of an apparent suicide.
The official says Mark Madoff was found hanged in his Manhattan apartment.
A family member notified police around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
The official spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t allowed to speak publicly about the case.
Mark Madoff and his brother, Andrew, were under investigation but hadn‘t faced any criminal charges in the massive Ponzi scheme that led to their father’s jailing.
Bernard Madoff swindled a long list of investors out of billions of dollars and is serving a 150-year prison term.
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Comments (99)
Bearded_One
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:22amIt is curious that Mark Madoff was found hanged on the morning after a TV special on his father, Bernie Madoff, broadcast the evening before.
How sad!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:21amGod Bless.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:45amAmen.
Report Post »publiuswarmac9999
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:09amThe sins of the father have been visited on the son. This is biblical in its implications.
Report Post »Bad Thunder
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:00amHe probably won’t be the only swinger in that circle….
Report Post »Seneca264
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:55amSuicide……yeah, right. Mark was probably in the process of turning state’s evidence to save his own skin. The Wall Street boys must have arranged for his necktie party. If you live by sword, you die by the sword.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:40amIt‘s a shame that greed and deceit ruined so many people’s lives. Satan at work…
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:32ambet many investors want to kill them selves after maddof stole their life savings….$$$$
Report Post »would like to see the names of the investors who have committed suicide over the bad investment scheme !!!
SlimnRanger
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 4:28pmwell when it sounds to good to be true it usually is to good to be true
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:28amI‘m sure it won’t be long before Jullian Assaunge (however it’s spelled) will “commit suicide” too.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:27amI read that his wife was out of town with their 4 year old and he was in his apartment with their 2 YEAR OLD…sad story…an eternity is a very long time…
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:20amI wonder what Al-CIA-Duh agent killed this guy..
Report Post »Patriotic Minuteman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:20amTo heck with the Madoffs! Save this fellow American Patriot!! Listen to te radio message and pass it on to all you can to hear!!! http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=238541
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:39amThey are throwing him under the BUS! He was about to become a Full Colonel and possibly Surgeon General of the Army! This is NOT some young nut trying to get out of going overseas! It‘s a shame they won’t allow ANY defense to be presented and he will go to JAIL.
Report Post »Tommy Hawk
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:14amThere is not a sin that has not been paid for by Jesus. I was delivered from the Mafia and if I would have had the chance would have did what Mr. Madoff did. I sure he is setting in prison now really stressed by his son’s death. http://www.stressterminator.com for my story free from the mafia.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:26amNobody ever gets out of organized crime families. Alive.
Report Post »oldfart
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:14amWhether it was self inflicted or he had some help, either way, Bernie is learning the true consequences of his life!
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 3:31pmYup……..like anyone beleived the kids and wife didnt know what was going on……the money changers commiting suicide…go ahead and vote Democrat Jews…as Obama turns his back on you
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:02amSometimes One can pass judgement on Oneself much more harshly than society as a whole was won’t to do.
Report Post »The term ” I can’t live w/ myself” came into play here.
Conscience.
poverty.sucks
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:01amUnpleasant news, comes with the territory.
When those fail to turn their lives over to Christ, there isn’t anywhere else to turn to. That is Social Justice.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:23amAmen to that… A prayer for Mark and the entire Madoff family. What a heartbreaking thing for any family to go through.
Report Post »bookofwisdom
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:44amSorry, I have to disagree. Turning your life over to Christ does not always stop you from taking your own life. I am a Christian and God stayed my hand once, seconds from eternity. Nobody can know what you are going through that makes you want to end your life here on earth. I‘m sorry he had nobody to talk to and I’m sorry if he could not hear God’s voice telling him not to do it (if he did it and not someone else). I’m sorry for the family because they will never understand either and now have to deal with the guilt of not being there for him when he needed them most. May God Bless.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:59amSad.
Madof is bring more grief to those around him.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:58amwhy would someone kill them selfs ,, his family has stolen so much money that he could of hire someone to take his place at the end of the rope ,, your scummy family my escaped this world but god is waiting on the other side for you …..
Report Post »MissDiane1966
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:39pmNo, your statement is incorrect. One should not hold the entire family criminally responsible for one’s wrong-doing unless they were completely involved. Bernie Madoff made it very clear that his kids didn’t know about it for many years until a year before he was arrested.
I feel bad for Mark’s wife, child and his brother. I guess compassion isn’t part of your vocabulary.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 2:03pmCome on Mikenleeds. Slow down and add some correct grammar and spelling.
Report Post »kalicopete
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:57amI hope they don’t find he stabbed himself in the back before he hung himself…..
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:56amSad To say but at least one of them have a consious……
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:52amNo amount of money in the world can trump the life of your child…. a lesson Bernie is now learning.
Suicide? Just cause he’s at the end of a rope does not mean he committed suicide- there are a lot of unhappy trust fund babies out there. Maddof has a lot of enemies.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 3:33pmIf he didnt do anything wrong he had nothing to worry about….he was buried to the nuts in the scam along with the rest of the summy family
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:50amNo need for an investigation now, I‘d say he’s confessed.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:40amyes no need now to look into why the SEC let this go on and on
Report Post »and on for 20 yrs….
Gonzo
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:01amIf you bother to read the story, the investigation I am referring to is over this guy’s involvement and knowledge. Not the SEC.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:13pmPoint taken Gonzo I did not mean to offend you
Report Post »I was referring to the Media, but I see it does read
like I meant you, I am sorry.
Fletch
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:50amNever nice to see someone take his own life … but then consider the life
Report Post »TheWood
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:48amHang around! It get’s better.
Report Post »ADMIRAL747
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:47amWOW!! I‘m betting they will dismiss the rest of pappa Bernie’s sentence for grief. This whole story is sad.
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:13amthe pain and anguish Berine feels now due to the death of his son may be somewhat like the pain the people he bilked out of their life savings felt….very sad indeed….
Report Post »LSX
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:47amKarma?
Report Post »Shurmus
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:01amConfession
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:05amWeird, CNBC just played American Greed lastnight Featuring Mr Madoff. Mr Madoff and all his confidants who participated in this sceme should be held accountable. BUT….LOOK at what the federal government is doing to the population as a whole. another Stimulas Bill linked to this Bush Tax cuts extension. PORK PORK PORK….The Feds make Bernie Madoff look like chump change. When can the American People see some the Feds be held accountable for there reckless behavior and robbing the American people???????????????? Just asking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:06amI wouldn’t call it Karma. If the he did know what was going on and was part of the criminal conspiracy, then he may have taken his own life out of fear of punishment.
However, if, as Madoff claims, no one else really knew about the Ponzi Scheme, I imagine incredible guilt about the harm his father had caused others and the destruction of his and his family’s pride and everything he had believed to be good and decent about his father led to his decision to take his own life. He realized he had lived a lie at great expense to others.
A Ponzi Scheme probably starts somewhat innocently with arrogance. People think they will be able to keep it going infinitely. In Madoff’s case, I imagine he originally did plan on finding a way to earn the money back; he does have the education required to deal in the markets legitimately. However, very quickly something like that can spin out of control – like with Enron. What was a small, insignificant, seemingly easy to repair lie ends up requiring more and more lies and deception to perpetually cover up. By the time someone like former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling could see and realize what he had done, there was no way to stop it and then guilt sets in. And, then you realize your family and friends will fall with you – your son hangs himself.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:33amSins of the father visited upon the son?
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:54amWay to go Bernie..
I hope you and your boyfriend find solace in the fact that you have another kid who will probably be stringing himself up soon as well..
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:02amNo mention of a note.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:28amI understand that his 2 year old was in the apartment and his wife in Florida …. strange and sad for the child.
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:26pmwell he picked stretching the neck over stretching the *********! 1 less pos for america
CYCLONE
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:54pm… guessing the trust fund money did’nt hit up on the ATM ?????…(*suck it*)…. lmfao !!!
Report Post »OATMEAL
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 12:05amSo sorry to hear of this…….
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 7:17amDid this guy know something ?
Report Post »maybe another DC madame case ?
Deuteronomy22
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 8:14pm“However, if, as Madoff claims, no one else really knew about the Ponzi Scheme”-Mister President
LOL! As if Madoff suddenly became an honest man after being caught rather than protecting his family and other cohorts. Mark Madoff took the easy way out and left his wife to deal with the eventual seizing of all of their wealth and assets. He was a weasel in the highest degree.
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