1.0 link 203301 <![CDATA[Irving Picard: Madoff Firm Was Family's Piggy Bank]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/irving-picard-madoff-firm_n_203301.html NEW YORK &mdash; The credit card bill is a 30-page study in conspicuous consumption.

A quick scan shows a restaurant charge of more than $2,800, $2,000 in spending at a Parisian boutique and $441 at a gourmet bagel shop. There was $8,400 for one night at a hotel in Santa Monica and another $5,000 at the Montauk Yacht Club. The total amount due: more than $100,000.

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