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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  The Long Island mansion that once belonged to the brother of Bernard Madoff is on the market for $4.5 million.

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.

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 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.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009  Central New York union workers were represented on Capitol Hill today in a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee which is investigating the effects of the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme.

Friday, October 02, 2009  The trustee is seeking $198.7 million from Madoff's brother, Peter, who had worked at Madoff's Manhattan investment company since 1965, and sons, Mark and Andrew.

Monday, June 29, 2009  Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Thursday, April 02, 2009  Authorities have swept up the leftovers of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's opulent Palm Beach lifestyle - including a mansion and vintage yacht - but it won't go far repaying investors defrauded of billions.

Friday, March 06, 2009  Prosecutors have filed a motion indicating that Bernard Madoff may be ready to plead guilty to a sweeping financial fraud.