Ruth Madoff Now Free to Leave the Country

July 8, 2009 -- If Ruth Madoff wants to escape public scorn, she
is now free to leave the country.
A federal judge on Monday ordered the court system to return
Madoff's passport.
She had given up the document last December when she posted bail
for her husband, Bernard Madoff.
He's now serving a 150-year prison term for a giant Ponzi
scheme.
Ruth Madoff has not been charged, but she has been forced to
give up all but $2.5 million of her family's personal fortune.
The confiscated assets included her penthouse apartment in
Manhattan.