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Bernie Madoff and his wife Ruth Madoff met when they were teenagers in high school

After decades of marriage, Bernie was arrested in 2008 for defrauding investors and running the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time

Ruth stayed with him following his sentencing and has lived a quiet life since his death in prison in 2021

Bernie Madoff didn't just affect investors when his historic Ponzi scheme was exposed — his family, including his wife Ruth Madoff, was severely impacted as well.

Bernie's sons, Mark and Andrew Madoff , who worked for his firm, reported his fraud to the FBI in December 2008. He was arrested the next day for defrauding investors, including businesses, celebrities like Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick and charities such as Steven Spielberg 's Wunderkinder

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