Former employees and clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff are hoping to recoup some of their losses by selling Madoff memorabilia on the Internet. Madoff put his investment firm’s name on hats, T-shirts, beach towels and umbrellas. Dozens of the keepsakes are now being offered on the Internet auction site …
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Read More »Madoff victims selling memorabilia on eBay (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Did you get fleeced by Bernard Madoff? Or did you buy that Madoff Securities fleece jacket on eBay? Madoff, who was arrested last month after allegedly telling investigators he lost as much as $50 billion of investors’ money in a giant Ponzi scheme, promoted his firm by putting its name …
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