Missing sculpture prompts tighter security at Bernard Madoff’s former NY beach home
By APThursday, September 17, 2009
Sculpture missing from Madoff’s NY beach home
MONTAUK, N.Y. — Security has been tightened at Bernard Madoff’s former beach home after the theft of a sculpture off the front porch.
East Hampton Town Police Chief Todd Sarris says the 4-foot-tall sculpture, with an Aztec motif, is valued at around $300.
A caretaker reported the sculpture missing on Saturday. He said he’d last seen it two days earlier.
The oceanfront property is in Montauk (MAHN’-tawk), on the eastern end of Long Island. It’s list for sale at $8.75 million.
Madoff was sentenced in June to 150 years in prison for orchestrating a massive, decades-long Ponzi scheme.
The punishment included a forfeiture order that stripped Madoff and his wife of nearly all their wealth, including homes.
Information from: Newsday, www.newsday.com
