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12-11-2010:
Mark Madoff with father Bernard Madoff
Official: Madoff son found dead on 2nd anniversary of father's arrest
Katherina- Marie Yancy
15 mins ago
A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a son of Bernard Madoff has been found dead in New York City of an apparent suicide.
New York police say Mark Madoff's body was discovered in his Manhattan apartment this morning, on the second anniversary of his father's arrest.
His lawyer calls him "an innocent victim of his father's monstrous crime." Martin Flumenbaum says the 46-year-old "succumbed to two years of unrelenting pressure from false accusations and innuendo."
Bernard Madoff is serving a 150-year prison term for swindling a long list of investors out of billions of dollars. He was arrested on Dec. 11, 2008, after confessing his crimes to his family.
Family attorneys say Madoff's sons were the ones who turned him in.
Mark and Andrew Madoff worked on a trading desk at the firm, on a side of the business that wasn't directly involved in the Ponzi scheme. They were accused in a lawsuit of failing to detect the fraud.
Bernard Madoff swindled a long list of investors out of billions of dollars and is serving a 150-year prison term.
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