his wife called her father-in-law. he said, i love you. find someone to take care of nick. officials wrote no one wants to hear the truth. take care of my family. friends say mark, the older has been despon department for months. he has remain add focus of the ongoing criminal investigation. fbi and irs agents continue to look if there into whether mark and his brother committed crimes in connection with their father's fraud. both have denied any wrongdoing. they point out two years ago they were the ones that turned in their dad and they say they've not spoken to him since. >> bernie madoff's scheme went on for years and years and years and mark madoff worked alongside them. >> reporter: bernie madoff is serving life. it's unclear whether they'll let him out to attend the funeral. for mark madoff, lawsuits, too, were apparently taking their