Ruth Madoff
Widow of Bernie Madoff (born 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ruth Madoff (/ˈmeɪdɔːf/ MAY-doff;[1] née Alpern; born May 18, 1941)[2] is an American former bookkeeper and the widow of Bernie Madoff, the convicted American financial fraudster who served a prison sentence for a criminal financial scheme until his death in April 2021. After her husband's arrest for his fraud, she and her husband attempted suicide in 2008. While she had $70 million in assets in her name, after her husband was imprisoned, she was stripped of all of her money other than $1–2 million, by the government and by the trustee for her husband's firm, Irving Picard.
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Born | Ruth Alpern (1941-05-18) May 18, 1941 (age 82) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University Queens College |
Occupation | Bookkeeper |
Employer | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities |
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