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Some files hint Ruth Madoff may not have known of fraud

What did Ruth Madoff know about her husband's massive Ponzi scheme and when did she know it--

Court documents examined by Newsday suggest the wife of Bernard Madoff didn't know for a period stretching beyond 2000 that he was running a fraud.

The records show Ruth Madoff was co-trustee, along with her sister, Joan Roman, of revocable trusts created by their parents, Saul and Sara Alpern,...

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