美国检方说，既然麦道夫承认犯有美国有史以来最大规模的诈骗行为之一，那么已经认罪的诈骗犯麦道夫和他的妻子必须交出价值数以百万计美元计的财产。有关官员已经提交文件，要求法庭准许没收麦道夫夫妻在纽约价值7百万美元的公寓以及其他几所豪华住宅、外国名车、游艇、股票证券和其他财物。
麦道夫目前在监狱中等候定于6月举行的宣判庭证会。这位70岁的前金融界巨头可能获刑最高达150年的监禁。
麦道夫的律师提出上诉，要求在[宣判庭审之前保释。麦道夫在上星期四认罪之前，一直受到软禁。据估计，这起诈骗案涉及高达650亿美元。
U.S. prosecutors say confessed swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife should give up millions of dollars worth of possessions now that he has pleaded guilty to one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. Officials have filed papers asking court permission to seize the couple’s $7 million New York apartment, along with several other luxurious homes, exotic cars, boats, securities, and other goods.
Madoff is in jail awaiting a hearing in June on sentencing. The 70-year old former financial guru could get as much as 150 years in prison.
His attorney has filed an appeal asking that he be freed until the sentencing hearing. Until Thursday’s guilty plea, Madoff had been living under house arrest . Estimates of the size of the fraud range up to $65 billion.