Ruth Madoff gets passport back from feds, now free to leave country

August 25th, 2009 Alleged mistress: Madoff feared wife's reactionNEW YORK — An investor who claims she had an affair with Bernard Madoff says the disgraced financier was "petrified" that his wife would find out. The investor, Sheryl Weinstein, theorized Tuesday that a divorce could have prompted financial scrutiny.

August 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - Jailed Ponzi King Bernie Madoff had flings with numerous secretaries that frequently ended with hush-hush settlements, according to Jerry Oppenheimer's new book, "Madoff With the Money." The New York Post quotes a female veteran Madoff employee telling Oppenheimer that "He had affairs in the office. There were two women I know of.

August 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - The chief financial officer of the Hadassah, a Jewish volunteer organization, is said to have had a rip roaring affair with New York Ponzi King Bernard L. Madoff in the late 1990s, which in turn helped him to siphon off millions of dollars from its members.

August 14th, 2009 Author alleges she was Madoff's 20-year mistressNEW YORK — Bernard Madoff's decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair with one of his investors.

August 4th, 2009 Trustee to keep tabs on Ruth Madoff's spendingNEW YORK — Bernard Madoff's once free-spending wife has suffered another financial indignity: She now must report any purchases over $100 to a trustee. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Burton Lifland signed off on an agreement last week that imposed the monthly reports while freezing Ruth Madoff's assets in response to the court-appointed trustee's $45 million claim against her.

July 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Multi-billion dollar fraudster Bernard Madoff was a devious liar and cheat since the day he was born, reveals a new book. "Bernie showed his con-man colours as early as high school, when he held an English class enthralled with an oral book report-one that he made up on the spot out of whole cloth," the New York Post quoted Jerry Oppenheimer, author of book "Madoff With the Money," as saying.

July 15th, 2009 NY prosecutors near deal with Madoff accountantNEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have signaled they may be near a plea deal with Bernard's Madoff longtime accountant. The prosecutors notified the court on Wednesday they intend to file a document that would allow David Friehling (FREE'-ling) to plead guilty in the case instead of being indicted.

July 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - A lawyer representing incarcerated Ponzi king Bernie Madoff has said that his client will not appeal against the 150-year prison term handed down by Manhattan Federal Judge Denny Chin. Bernie Madoff, 71, is presently lodged in the Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center, and is awaiting a transfer to a prison outside the city, reports the New York Daily News.

July 3rd, 2009 AP source: Ruth Madoff asked to take fur coatNEW YORK — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's wife asked to stay in her $7 million Manhattan penthouse and wanted to take a fur coat with her before federal marshals seized the property. A federal official informed of Ruth Madoff's departure from her apartment Thursday tells The Associated Press that when marshals said she couldn't take her coat, she left carrying just a straw bag.

July 2nd, 2009 Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife must leaveNEW YORK — The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse in a move that forced his wife to move elsewhere.

July 2nd, 2009 US Marshals seize Madoff penthouse propertyNEW YORK — The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse, an action that forced his wife to move elsewhere.

June 29th, 2009 Ruth Madoff says she feels 'betrayed and confused'NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff's wife says she feels "betrayed and confused" by the actions of her husband. Ruth Madoff said in a statement Monday that "the man who committed his horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years." Her 71-year-old husband was sentenced minutes earlier to 150 years in prison for fraud that bilked investors of billions of dollars.

June 27th, 2009 Judge orders Madoff to forfeit over $170 billionNEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered disgraced financier Bernard Madoff to forfeit over $170 billion. Prosecutors say U.S.

May 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - Ponzie king Bernie Madoff's family crisscrossed the globe, plucking up expensive trinkets and swindled investors with the tab, new court papers reveal. More than 100 pages of corporate credit card receipts give the most detailed accounting to date of the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Bernie Madoff, his wife, Ruth Madoff, and their closest family members, reports the New York Daily News.

March 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who is currently in jail for defrauding investors of millions of dollars, also cheated on his devoted wife Ruth Madoff carried on at least one affair during the couple's 50-year marriage, the New York Daily News quotes two sources, as saying. One insider tells us Bernie once had a thing with an executive assistant at a major media corporation.