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Thursday, December 20, 2012  The sentencing of Bernard Madoff's brother for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling has begun in a New York court.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  New York's attorney general says authorities have accepted $210 million to settle lawsuits against a BNY Mellon subsidiary for advising clients to invest with Bernard Madoff.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011  U.S. Marshals have authorized the entire wine cellar to go to auction, which will be held on Wednesday.

Monday, February 28, 2011  Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff said in a magazine interview published Sunday that new regulatory reform enacted after the recent national financial crisis is laughable and that the federal government is a Ponzi scheme.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff said in an interview published online Tuesday that banks and hedge funds were "complicit" in his scheme to fleece victims out of billions of dollars.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010  Bernard Madoff's former secretary was ordered Tuesday to surrender in Florida by a judge who revoked her $5 million bail, saying her access to large amounts of money created "a very real potential" she could flee.

Saturday, December 11, 2010  One of Bernard Madoff's sons was found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, according to a law enforcement official.

Saturday, November 27, 2010  Relatives of both Bernard Madoff and his wife are among those being targeted in 40 lawsuits announced Friday by the trustee endeavoring to recover money for victims fleeced by the disgraced financier.

Thursday, November 18, 2010  Two women who were back office employees of jailed financier Bernard Madoff have been arrested on undisclosed federal charges, the FBI said Thursday.

Saturday, November 13, 2010  Anyone wanting to walk in the shoes of fallen financier Bernard Madoff is in luck: Thousands of belongings from his New York City penthouse, including his used shoes, went on the auction block Saturday.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  The case against a former executive and two computer programmers charged with cooking the books for disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been bogged down by a mountain of potential evidence, their lawyers said Monday.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010  One of Bernard Madoff's daughters-in-law says she and her children shouldn't have to bear the burden of his name.

Friday, January 29, 2010  Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Thursday that he doesn't regret picking David Paterson as a running mate and that Bernard Madoff's Wall Street fraud could have been uncovered quickly, dismissed Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as a careerist, and said his family is stronger than before he resigned amid a prostitution scandal.

Friday, January 15, 2010  Members of the Local Carpenters Union 747 in Central New York found out tonight the full extent of the damage done to their pension plan by Wall Street swindler Bernie Madoff.

Thursday, December 24, 2009  Madoff is now in a prison medical facility.