Ruth Madoff | |
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| Born | Ruth Alpern May 18, 1941 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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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.