1 Gout can also affect the joints of the feet, ankles, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows. 2  Symptoms may occur after an illness or surgery.  Gout may first appear as nodules (tophi) on the hands, elbows, or ears. You may not have any of the classic symptoms of a gout attack.
June 4, 2011 - Final auction of personal property belonging to Madoff nets $500,000. To date, the total recovery from the Madoffs has been approximately $24 million in property sales and $80 million in cash assets.
According to court documents released after his 2008 arrest for fraud, Madoff told investigators that his money management business was basically, a giant Ponzi scheme which swindled charities, individual investors, pension funds, and European banks of up to $50 billion.