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Hampering the collection effort, say current and former federal officials, were the swindler's globe-trotting, talent for hiding assets and frequent use of aliases, including Pele Lechien, supposedly in honor of a pet pooch.

Behind Bars, a Cat-and-Mouse Game John R. Emshwiller 2011

Marshals are auctioning on Saturday to help compensate the convicted swindler's victims.

Bernie Madoff's Personal Items Go Up For Auction -- Including A Tiny Bull (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Another piece of a convicted swindler's fortune seized.

CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2009 2009

ROBERTS: The convicted swindler's counsel also included this little gem of advice, "Just be casual."

CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2009 2009

They're putting it up for sale, hoping to recover some of the convicted swindler's stolen millions.

CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

More trouble for Bernard Madoff -- another one of the Wall Street swindler's luxury toys is seized, this time by French authorities.

CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009 2009

COLLINS: Auctioning off a swindler's goods, see what you can buy that once belonged to Bernie and Ruth Madoff.

CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009 2009

"I'm hoping eventually that I'll find my niche, and maybe writing political songs is it," says Mr. Rockower, 29, whose sweetly sung ode includes a wordplay on the alleged swindler's last name:

No Dough in the Do-Re-Mi: Songwriters Take On the Recession 2009

The gavel will be pounded Saturday at an auction of some of the convicted swindler's possessions and CNN's Christine Romans is here to show us exactly what's on that auction block.

CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009 2009

Securities regulators in Massachusetts say the accused swindler's wife, Ruth, withdrew more than $15 million from a brokerage firm co-owned by Madoff just before his arrest in December, including $10 million on the day that their children turned her husband over to authorities.

CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2009 2009