Madoff's Mets Tix Sell for $7,500 on eBay

600% profit on seats to home opener will help repay victims
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 13, 2009 5:14 AM CDT
Madoff's Mets Tix Sell for $7,500 on eBay
Bernie Madoff's tickets for the New York Mets home opener sell for $7,500 on eBay.   (eBay)

A Bernard Madoff investment has finally made an honest profit, the New York Daily News reports. The Ponzi kingpin's pair of tickets for the New York Mets home opener tonight, face value $525 each, sold for $7,500 after a fierce eBay bidding war. Along with revenue from the sale of the rest of Madoff's season tickets, the money will go toward compensating victims of his investment scam.
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