As Losses Mount, Madoff Son Goes Shopping

Watching investors lose their shirts on Bernard Madoff’s investments didn’t deter his son and daughter-in-law from a holiday shopping spree yesterday, the New York Post reports. Andrew Madoff, who worked for Dad’s failed financial firm, and wife Deborah power-shopped SoHo, snapping up items from J.Crew, Kidrobot, Longchamp, and American Eagle. The two have been separated for a year, the Post adds, and Deborah served him divorce papers the same day his dad was arrested.

Meanwhile, Madoff’s neighbors in the Hamptons are worried they may have to move before next Christmas rolls around, thanks to his $50 billion investment scam. “I feel stretched beyond belief. I’m just trying to marshal the energy to keep going,” said one, who invested with Madoff for 20 years. “He’s a terrible, venal person.” (More Bernard Madoff stories.)