ISSUES: Bernie Madoff's HOTTIE Son Dead in Apparent Suicide!

The 46-year-old son of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has been found hanging in an apparent suicide in his SoHo apartment, reports the New York Post. Mark Madoff, who sources recently told the Wall Street Journal was left "unalterably bitter" by his father's crimes, hadn't faced criminal charges to date, but was sued this week along with brother Andrew by the trustee tasked with recovering assets for the elder Madoff's scheme.

He was found this morning by his father-in-law on the two-year anniversary of his dad's arrest; sources say there was no note. Before his death, he sent his wife, who was in Florida, cryptic emails about sending someone over to check on their 2-year-old son, and she sent her father to the apartment. The boy was found unharmed in another room.