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Bernie Madoff's sister, husband found dead of apparent murder-suicide
The Hill ^ | 02/20/22 06:19 PM EST | BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Posted on 02/21/2022 3:29:30 AM PST by RandFan

The sister of convicted Wall Street Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and her husband were found dead in what authorities said was an apparent murder-suicide in Florida, The Associated Press reported.

The couple, identified as 87-year-old Sondra Wiener and her 90-year-old husband Marvin, were found unresponsive in their home in Boynton Beach on Thursday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said, according to AP.

The sheriff's office said that detectives from the Violent Crimes Division had arrived to the home and that further investigation indicated "it appears to be a murder/suicide."

An official cause of death will be determined by a medical examiner, AP reported.

The Hill has reached out to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for more information.

Madoff, who pleaded guilty to running the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died of natural causes in a North Carolina prison last April at the age of 82.

Madoff was serving a 150-year prison sentence that began in 2009 after pleading guilty to fraud and other charges.

Madoff’s Ponzi scheme lasted for decades, which prosecutors said amounted to 4,800 clients being defrauded of nearly $65 billion.

Madoff’s son Mark committed suicide two years after his father’s arrest, according to Reuters. Another son Andrew, died from cancer in 2014, according to USA Today.

According to the Miami Herald, Madoff's sister and husband purchased a Valencia Lakes area home in December 2009. The couple had also reportedly lost millions Madoff's investment scam.

The apparent murder/suicide was first reported by Boca News Now.

In a statement, a woman who identified herself as the wife of David Wiener, the couple’s son, asked for the media to give the family privacy at this time, the AP noted.

“We are not making any comment at this time,” the woman said.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: didyousearch; madoff

1 posted on 02/21/2022 3:29:30 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I would guess that their assets were about to be seized by the authorities to give it back to Bernie Madoff victims.


2 posted on 02/21/2022 3:37:13 AM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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To: RandFan

87 and 90? Why not just ‘run out the clock’?


3 posted on 02/21/2022 3:37:38 AM PST by null and void (Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm climbing in the trees)
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To: RandFan

Eternal damnation for the impatient.


4 posted on 02/21/2022 3:42:32 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
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To: RandFan

Bernie had a husband?


5 posted on 02/21/2022 4:07:02 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Jonty30

IIRC, they got cleaned out by Bernie early on.


6 posted on 02/21/2022 4:08:42 AM PST by abb
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To: Thrownatbirth

I doubt they had a belief system at all.


7 posted on 02/21/2022 4:45:58 AM PST by albie
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To: Jonty30

87 and 90? They died in their prime.


8 posted on 02/21/2022 5:43:43 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: RandFan

NOT in Del Boca Vista?


9 posted on 02/21/2022 5:54:26 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: RandFan

CLEAN UP! aisle 9


10 posted on 02/21/2022 5:57:18 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: RandFan

Coroners will have a difficult time in chalking these two up to Covid.


11 posted on 02/21/2022 6:03:00 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: All

Conniving Bernie knew every crooked trick in the book.

He was money laundering for a select few.....some investors
took out billions more thān they put in......all tax free.

They got clawed.......had to give it back.

Looks like these two were about to be clawed.


12 posted on 02/21/2022 7:10:05 AM PST by Liz ("Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. _s)
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To: Thrownatbirth
What Does the Bible Say About Suicide?

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/what-the-bible-says-about-suicide-7-reminders-of-hope.html

Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin?

https://www.gotquestions.org/mortal-sin-venial.html

13 posted on 02/21/2022 8:27:39 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Liz

These two lost millions. He had no hesitations about duping his own sister.


14 posted on 02/21/2022 5:04:51 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: Notthereyet

...... don’t forget......saying you “lost money” is a tax write-off.......

Can they prove it?


15 posted on 02/22/2022 6:36:36 AM PST by Liz ("Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. _s)
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