Mark Madoff was found hanged in his Manhattan apartment, WABC television reported.

Police would not immediately confirm Madoff’s identity, but a New York Police Department spokesman told AFP that “the body of a white 46-year-old male was found by a family member who notified police.”

Authorities were responding to the death at a residence that corresponded to the area where Madoff lived.

Mark and his brother Andrew, both close business associates of their father, were under investigation in the massive multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme that saw their father sentenced to 150 years behind bars, but they have not faced criminal charges.

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