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Agents show Madoff's house, but keep his name out of it

Quick ReadThe agents trying to sell it won't refer to the Madoff by name.

The swimming pool at Bernard Madoff's house in

Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | The swimming pool at Bernard Madoff's house in Montuak overlooks the sea.

Everyone knows by now that the beach house for sale at 216 Old Montauk Hwy. in Montauk once belonged to Bernard Madoff, but if you take a tour of the home, the agents will never refer to the financier felon by name, only that he's a "gentleman that built this house."

Why did he buy in rustic Montauk and not tonier Southampton? "The former owner of this house was a great sport and fishing person...

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