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Buyer of Madoff's beachfront Montauk home revealed

Quick ReadSteven Roth, 67, chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, paid more than the $8.75 million asking price.

View of the swimming pool and back of

Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stab | View of the swimming pool and back of the house in Bernard Madoff's house in Montuak.

When convicted swindler Bernard Madoff's beachfront Montauk home sold last month, the U.S. Marshals Service withheld the name of the buyer and the purchase price presumably "to protect the integrity of the sale." But the $9.41 million sale price leaked out and now apparently so has the name of the buyer.

Although the deed lists the buyer as a limited liability corporation - represented by...

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