Bernie Maddoff's Sister & Her Husband Dead Of Alleged Murder-Suicide

The sister of Bernie Madoff, charged with running a nearly $65 billion Ponzi scheme has been found dead, along with her husband.

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87-year-old Sondra Weiner and her 90-year-old husband Marvin were found dead of gunshot wounds in their Florida home.

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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has issued a statement that the cause of death would be released once the ME confirms the same.

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Bernie Madoff had died in prison in 2021, aged 82, after suffering from terminal kidney disease.

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He was arrested in 2008 and pled guilty to defrauding over 40,000 people in 125 countries in 2009.

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Madoff had been turned in by his sons, both of whom are now also deceased.

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While Mark Madoff took his own life in 2010, Andrew died of cancer in 2014.

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Authorities do not know if the murder-suicide of the elderly couple was related to the same.

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For now, no news has been released over who instigated the alleged murder-suicide as ME report is awaited.

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