The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was found hanged in his Manhattan apartment on the second anniversary of the day his father was arrested in the worst investment fraud in American history.

Fraudster Bernard Madoff’s brother, sons and niece, who were accused in a lawsuit of using the family finance business like a “piggy bank”, have agreed to an asset freeze, according to a court document.

Fraudster Bernard Madoff’s brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a “piggy bank”, a court-appointed trustee said.