U.S. marshals seize Madoffs' luxury apartment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. marshals seized the luxury $7 million (4.2 million pound) New York City penthouse apartment of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth, officials said on Thursday.
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