molly bernard finished college in 1989
he also owned a home in france and an 8700squarefoot house in palm beach florida where he was a member of the palm beach country club where he searched for targets of his fraud
ruth did not attend court but issued a statement saying i am breaking my silence now because my reluctance to speak has been interpreted as indifference or lack of sympathy for the victims of my husband bernies crime which was exactly the opposite of the truth