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Bernard Madoff's boat, Bull, cruises a waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 as it waits to be sold at auction.

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  1. A booking mug shot of Bernard Madoff is seen in this undated handout released to Reuters on March 17, 2009. The hedge fund industry has taken a beating over Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme one year ago, followed by the widening Galleon Group insider-trading case. The upshot is that an industry never comfortable with scrutiny and second-guessing has come under the microscope, with regulators and investors clamoring for change. To match Special Report HEDGEFUNDS.
  2. RNPS YEAR 2009 - Barbara Karen Dweck stands with hands painted as blood stains outside Manhattan federal court house after Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York, March 12, 2009. Multimillionaire swindler Bernard Madoff is leaving the luxury of his Manhattan penthouse to become just another inmate in a crowded jail. The 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman who pleaded guilty to fraud on Thursday in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, will likely share an 8-foot-by-7-1/2-foot cell with another inmate while he awaits sentencing, scheduled for June 16 by Judge Denny Chin.
  3. Bernard Madoff walks back to his apartment in New York December 17, 2008. Disgraced financier Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was placed under house arrest on Wednesday as BNP Paribas became the latest European bank to be sideswiped by the scandal. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton.
  4. A Shelter Island Runabout sport vessel owned by Bernard Madoff named "Sitting Bull" sits in the dockyard National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 38-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  5. The interior of a Viking Sports fish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff's chief financial officer Frank DiPascali, as it sits in the dockyard of National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 61-footer is among three other Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow.
  6. The stateroom of a Viking Sports fish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff's chief financial officer Frank DiPascali, as it sits in the dockyard of National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 61-footer is among three other Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow.
  7. The interior of a Viking Sports fish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff's chief financial officer Frank DiPascali, as it sits in the dockyard of National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 61-footer is among three other Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow.
  8. A Viking Sports fish yacht. owned by Bernard Madoff's chief financial officer Frank DiPascali, sits in the dockyard of the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 61-footer is among three other Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow.
  9. Monogramed drinking glasses sit on a table aboard the Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht, owned by Bernard Madoff, docked at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The vessel is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  10. A Shelter Island Runabout sport vessel named "Sitting Bull", owned by Bernard Madoff, sits in the dockyard at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 38-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  11. A vintage "fighting chair" aboard the Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff sits in the dockyard as another Madoff vessel the "Sitting Bull", a 38-foot Shelter Island Runabout, is docked in the background at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. Both vessels are among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  12. An interior view of the Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht, owned by Bernard Madoff and docked at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The vessel is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  13. A vintage Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff sits in the dockyard at National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 55-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  14. A vintage Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht owned by Bernard Madoff sits in the dockyard at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 55-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  15. Roland Ubaldo of the U.S. Marshal's office keeps watch near a vintage Rybovich M/V "The Bull" sportfish yacht (L), owned by Bernard Madoff, in the dockyard at the National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 55-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.
  16. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: Computer programmer Jerome O'Hara (R) leaves the federal court building in Manhattan after making bail in connection with the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme on November 13, 2009 in New York City. According to published reports, O'Hara and fellow programmer, George Perez, were charged with conspiracy and falsifying books and records for Madoff and could face up to $5 million in fines and 30 years in prison.

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