New York City real estate can be difficult to navigate, but when you have $20,000/month to spend, it should be easy, right? Well, if your last name is Madoff—and you are related to the infamous Ponzi schemer—even that's not enough money.
The Post reports that Madoff's son Andrew and his fiancee Catherine Hooper have been looking at pricey pads in TriBeCa and the West Village, but they've hit a brick wall: They "have tried to cover up their connection to the Ponzi schemer by making appointments under Hooper’s name. She then shows up alone to view the $20,000-per-month pads, brokers said. Hooper speaks generally, saying the space is for her, her fiancé and their children, the sources said. But once the brokers explain who Hooper is to the landlord, the couple is immediately rejected, the sources added." Yeah, we're sure landlords know how to Google.
While the possibly armed Andrew Madoff—along with his mother Ruth—insists that no family members knew about the billion-dollar scheme, it's suggested that Andrew Madoff took $60 million of ill-gotten gains. One broker said, "My owners would never, ever rent to him. They will go through a lot of rejections."
Mark Madoff, Andrew's brother, killed himself in his Soho apartment.
