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He hanged himself exactly two years after turning in his father. πŸ•°οΈ
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He hanged himself exactly two years after turning in his father. πŸ•°οΈ

He hanged himself exactly two years after turning in his father. πŸ•°οΈ . . . On December 10, 2008, Mark Madoff and his brother reported their father Bernie to the FBI for running the largest Ponzi scheme in history β€” $65 billion. Two years to the day later, on December 11, 2010, Mark was found hanged in his SoHo apartment. His 2-year-old son was asleep in the next room.

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