Picture 495.pngIn our ongoing saga to determine whether or not the Madoff sons, Mark and Andy, really had no idea their family business was a scam, we’ve said several times that one the one hand, how could they not, and on the other: FISH. We’ve received 387 pictures of the boys and they are posing with fish on every single one, sometimes with rods in their mouths, always with dumb looks on their faces. Fishing, quite literally, appears to be all they do, and we’re nearly convinced they might’ve had no knowledge of the Ponz. Today, a tipster intimately familiar with the Madoff brothers’ fishier pursuits (he would be the one you have to thank for the many family photos) writes with info that seems to strengthen the argument that the boys (or at least Andy) are innocent:

Surprised more people have not pointed out that the woman that was with Andy Madoff shopping in SoHo was his girlfriend Katherine Hooper not his wife Deb… they separated early last year…new girlfriend works for him at Abel Reels and this is not a joke…two weeks before the scandal broke he was bragging how she got a tattoo of his name on her ass.

Basically, what with the fish and the asses, there simply wasn’t enough room in Andy’s brain to stuff in things like a $50 billion scam. Pic of the Hooper after the jump. I’ll give you two guesses as to what she’s doing, but you’ll only need one.


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Comments (62)

  1. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    GF is gone when he runs out of cash… which should be soon.

  2. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    First fishes!

  3. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    bonefishing.

  4. Posted by Anal_yst | January 5, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    Flapjack-looking, no?

  5. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    cut off the head and feed me the rest

  6. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    At last! A picture with a real live woman.

  7. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    i love this site

  8. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    live women that he paid 4

  9. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    @11- Get a clue.

  10. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    Someone promised to donate $12 billion to a hospital?

  11. Posted by PhilSeltzer | January 5, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    That fish is hot.
    And you know that fish likes it rough. Grab that fin, bitch!

  12. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    Ah $hit. She tatoo’d his name on her ar$e? The quality of this live woman is in question…

  13. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    His dad will probably have a few tatts on his ass. I still think they are in on it…

  14. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    I have a jailhouse tat of ‘Bess’ on my foreskin.

  15. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    That fish looks like it could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

  16. Posted by girl | January 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    Dear bumbling, psuedo preppy idiot in the blue tie,
    Cant turn a ho into a housewife
    Hos dont act right
    Theres hos on a mission, an hoes on a crackpipe
    Hey ho how ya doin, where ya been?
    Prolly doin ho stuff cuz there you ho again.
    Best,
    Girl

  17. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    @ Girl…. Well fucking done

  18. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    nice bonefish but the caribbean white-girl dreads are better

  19. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    16 I’m going to disagree with you there girl. Not everyone is ambitious in the Ibanker sense. Hitching your star to a decent looking guy, with tons of money, who is all to happy to supply you with a hobby job (the bait and tackle shop gig) and bring you someplace where the sky and water are warm and blue is not the worst thing.

  20. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    I’d like to bonefish the caribbean white-girl.
    Cheers!
    Moomin Troll

  21. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    19 again… now that I see it posted, my point is muddled, but what I’m trying to say is that a lot of relationships are like business deals, with both parties making concessions and enjoying benefits. And there’s no harm in that. Doesnt necessarily make one of the participants ho-like.

  22. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    Wife looks like Cherry Blair..no wonder he went fishing..

  23. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    @21
    Until the ring’s on the finger and one or more generic kids produced. Then it become a corporate raid.

  24. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    Wife looks like Cherry Blair..no wonder he went fishing..

  25. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    @24
    GW is gonna give Tony a US medal of Freedom. Funny that. Especially after he followed GW’s lead and did a better job of turning the UK into a police state.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7812582.stm

  26. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    If I were the Feds, I’d keep an eye out on their rods, reels and tackles and make sure they aren’t being mailed out to safehouses.

  27. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Lets assume that the boys did not in fact know about the scheme. They probably took home lots of money from their toils on the broker dealer side of the business. That goose is gone now, and to the extent they invested their earnings with dad, thats gone too. I suspect though that their remaining personal assets are significant and beyond the reach of the law. In short, these are still two wealthy boys, hence no shame at being caught crusing through Soho on a post-scandal shopping trip. Thoughts?

  28. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:21 PM

    That is a huge bone fish!

  29. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    we need pics of that ass, tatoo or not.

  30. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    What’s up with fish and people who lose money in the markets??

  31. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    Bernie tatooed his name on some ass as well.

  32. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:46 PM
  33. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    @32
    Ah, $hit. It got away…

  34. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    Ok. I’m totally confused. Which gill is which?

  35. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    miserable cocksucker best not plan an over the top bat mitzvah for his kid. we will be ALL OVER IT

  36. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    does this mean she can’t be buried in a jewish cemetery?
    next to her one true love?

  37. Posted by Anal_yst | January 5, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    @ 36
    Technically its not 100% that you can’t be buried in a Jewish cemetery if you’re tattood/pierced. I’m too lazy but NYT had a article about it a while back.

  38. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 7:11 PM

    @37 Who checks?

  39. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    @38
    the SEC

  40. Posted by Last Man Standing | January 5, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    are those dreads?

  41. Posted by Last Man Standing | January 5, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    I don’t think they can bury Ms. Hooper in a Jewish cemetery with those dreads.

  42. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    smells like fish.

  43. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 9:17 PM

    wtf? who said money can’t buy love – what does marks fish look like

  44. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    wtf? who said money can’t buy love – what does marks fish look like

  45. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Here’s a shot of Mark Made-Off about to bone his fish.
    http://www.borntofish.co.nz/images/catfish.jpg

  46. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    Years from now when this fairytale romance has produced offspring, you can picture the dinner table conversation.
    Daughter: “Mom, when did you know that you and Dad were in love?”
    Katherine: “Well dear, I knew your father and I were meant to be together when he had his name tattooed on my ass.”
    Daughter: “That’s so romantic. Now I know what it will be like when I find my true love.”
    - Fixed Income

  47. Posted by guest | January 5, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    In the top picture she has more make-up on than a circus clown and in the bottom picture she looks like Britney Spears with the white trash vacation dreads and the uneven burn of her flapjacks. I hope he doesn’t let this catch get away.
    - Fixed Income

  48. Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    How many people are hoping there is a guy named Bubba waiting for Bernie up in Sing-Sing getting ready to tatoo “Bubba” on Bernie’s ass? Maybe Andy will end up with “Jerome” on his ass someday? We can only hope….

  49. Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    re Bernie: I doubt the guys at Sing-Sing are that desperate. Now Andy….

  50. Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    How many people are hoping there is a guy named Bubba waiting for Bernie up in Sing-Sing getting ready to tatoo “Bubba” on Bernie’s ass? Maybe Andy will end up with “Jerome” on his ass someday? We can only hope….

  51. Posted by crestonave | January 7, 2009 at 5:16 PM

    Hmmm … I recognize that smell.

  52. Posted by digitex | January 17, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    I’m 59…remember well as a kid watching Alpern & Heller do the books for my Dad’s firm..Then Horowitz slid in, and Ruth’s Dad told everyone his future son-in-law Bernie wouldn’t amount to shit. Later they brought in Avelino…then Bienes. These 2 schmucks came to my factory on Long Island every week for years doing my books. This was in the late 70′s. Believe me, bienes was the real schmuck of the gang. My brother once asked him what courses he was teaching at a local south Florida genius college, and Bienes answered in his nauseatingly speechimpedified tone, “why BWAIN SOYGERREE, OF COURSE” Our family had a huge fund with Avelino Bienes for years…turning off 20-30% interest income on “loans” for years. When the shit hit the fan, the SEC disgourged the profits and income, along with fines. My DAD went nuts, even though we all got everyones dough back, plus interest, we all thought the gravy train with the Jewish Bernie Bonds were over. After A&B were dumped, I called Bernie and we sat on the phone for hours trying to figure out a new vehicle on how to set up the feeders again in a legal manner.I could tell right away that Bernie had NO experience setting up this type of operation; he suggested we start an investment club…my Brother and I told him about LLC’c with 100 accredited investors. It flew, but only after we were told that the prospectus/offering could NOT mention Madoff. As soon as we had the deal rolling, we printed all our docs clearly indicating that all funds will be with Bernard Madoff Securities…he saw it, and never said a word.All 100 investors knew from the start that their $ was going to BM, which we all now know is the abreviation for shit! getting late, much more to tell tomorrow. stay tuned

  53. Posted by guest | January 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    We want to see the asstat! (from Bernies cellmates to be)

  54. Posted by guest | January 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    @52: I am a journalist and would love to speak with you (don’t need to use your name). Can you email me? LizSuman@aol.com

  55. Posted by guest | June 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    Geez–And I thought Brad Pitt made a mistake! This Hooper chick should have stayed with the father of her child,that Fisher guy…or at least kept her bottom tattoed free!

  56. Posted by guest | June 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    Geez–And I thought Brad Pitt made a mistake! This Hooper chick should have stayed with the father of her child,that Fisher guy…or at least kept her bottom tattoed free until further notice!

  57. Posted by guest | June 16, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    Geez–And I thought Brad Pitt made a mistake! This Hooper chick should have stayed with the father of her child,that Fisher guy…or at least kept her bottom tattoed free until further notice!

  58. Posted by guest | June 16, 2009 at 3:16 PM

    A triple post in reply to a story almost six months old? Who is this, Hoop’s publicist?

  59. Posted by guest | June 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    She wouldnt want me to be her publicist!
    Didnt mean the 3x post on an old story, but I couldnt resist!

  60. Posted by Politics Break ~ The New Maddoff Venture | Clarion Advisory | October 11, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    [...] Hooper, the girlfriend of Andy pictured above, who allegedly has tattoo of her boyfriend’s name branded to her ass and is therefore stuck with him and his family, says no. As you may recall, back in December we [...]

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  62. Posted by Irritating Comments Guy | December 21, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    Loving the Bo Derek-style cornrows. You go girl!

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