Better Business Bureau Warns of 'Madoff' Auction 'Scam'

There was another "Bernie Madoff Auction" in Syracuse, New York on Monday -- but the man running the sale couldn't guarantee that any of the items actually belonged to the disgraced financier or victims of his Ponzi scheme, prompting a spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau to call the auction itself a "scam." Similar auctions have been held across the Eastern U.S., most, like the Syracuse auction, arranged by Atlanta-based Southern Star Auctioneers and affiliated companies. "If a...Full Story