Home Wife of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff, Ruth Madoff, leaves the Metropolitan Correctional Center after visiting her husband in prison June 1, 2009 in New York City. Madoff was ordered to jail after pleading guilty to a multibillion-dollar financial fraud scheme and could end up with a sentence of 150 years in prison. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images) Wife of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff, Ruth Madoff, leaves the Metropolitan Correctional Center after visiting her husband in prison June 1, 2009 in New York City. Madoff was ordered to jail after pleading guilty to a multibillion-dollar financial fraud scheme and could end up with a sentence of 150 years in prison. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

Wife of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff, Ruth Madoff, leaves the Metropolitan Correctional Center after visiting her husband in prison June 1, 2009 in New York City. Madoff was ordered to jail after pleading guilty to a multibillion-dollar financial fraud scheme and could end up with a sentence of 150 years in prison. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

NEW YORK – JUNE 1: Wife of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff, Ruth Madoff, leaves the Metropolitan Correctional Center after visiting her husband in prison June 1, 2009 in New York City. Madoff was ordered to jail after pleading guilty to a multibillion-dollar financial fraud scheme and could end up with a sentence of 150 years in prison. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

Peter Madoff (C), the younger brother of convicted Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard L. Madoff, leaves Federal Court June 29, 2012 in New York where he plead guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges. Madoff, pleaded guilty Friday to helping cook the books of the world’s biggest ever Ponzi scheme and accepted a 10-year prison term. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
A 10.54-carat ladies emerald cut diamond engagement ring (L) is displayed with other jewelry at a press preview of an auction of 400 pieces of personal property, jewelry, and antiques from Bernard and Ruth Madoff November 10, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The United States Marshals Service will conduct the auction of property seized in connection with Madoff’s criminal prosecution and the proceeds will be deposited into a fund compensating victims of the multi-billion dollar fraud. The auction will occur at 10:00 a.m. on November 13, 2010 online and live at the New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)