The federal judge deciding whether to revoke Bernard Madoff's bail will announce his decision on Monday, giving the fraudulent investor another weekend under house arrest at his $7 million Upper East Side penthouse. more ›

$100 million, "with $6.5 million of it liquid." Federal prosecutors, who say Dina Wein-Reis would buy discounted products from Fortune 500, claiming they would be given away to the needy but actually sold them to retailers for big profits, think she's a flight risk, given her art collection worth $35 million, seven homes, "dozens of bank accounts and a missing, expiring passport." However, the judge allowed her family to post $10 million bail for Wein-Reis: Her husband had begged the judge to let her go, because their "three boys... are falling apart by the day" and a Whitney Museum curator said, "I have always regarded Dina as a person who cared about others." It's unclear if the feds had testimony from her former employees, one of whom claims she "treated people like crap." more ›

David Brooks, who is the subject of a pump and dump stock scheme investigation that allegedly netted him hundreds of millions of dollars, had the restrictions on his $400 million bail loosened this week by a judge who feels he's only a minor flight risk. Brooks was the CEO of DHB Industries, a maker of bullet proof body armor worn by the U.S. military and the NYPD. more ›