Criminal Justice
Jailed Madoff Seeks Bail; He and Wife Held $823M in Assets in 2008
Posted Mar 13, 2009 5:07 PM CST
By Martha Neil
Jailed immediately as a flight risk after he pleaded guilty yesterday in a record-breaking $65 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernard Madoff already wants out.
His lawyers filed a federal court appeal today in New York seeking his release on bond prior to his scheduled June 16 sentencing, and a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the bond issue on Thursday, reports Reuters. He faces a likely life sentence in the criminal case.
Meanwhile, court papers filed today list the assets held by Madoff and his wife of nearly 50 years as of the end of 2008. They total $823 million, according to the DealBook blog of the New York Times. (Reuters gives the figure as $826 million.)
Previously, Madoff has been released on $10 million bail, but confined to his swanky home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
His fraud, which was operated under the guise of a hedge fund, originally was estimated to involve a stunning $50 billion but now the total take is believed to be closer to $65 billion
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B. McLeod
Mar 13, 2009 5:52 PM CST
$65 Billion!?? Only a few days ago, they were saying maybe only $20 Billion. It’s like, even now that they know he did it, they still can’t figure out how much was involved, within a range from $20 Billion to $65 Billion.
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mike cardin
Mar 13, 2009 7:50 PM CST
hey, is a jewish brother commits these types of crimes they hold in jail a few years and give him a spank on the hands a make him do some work for society….they now in times of financial disaster makes madoff do house arrest….wow…..that is really funky! how michael milken and ketting did time right? I think this one deserves the DEATH penalty….the reason why is to send a message that this type of masterminding skeems will not be tolerated and the ultimate price must be paid!!!
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