"Moving on after ex-spouse stole $30 million" by Beth Healy, Globe Staff | April 7, 2010
Bonnie Kirchner is a member of an exclusive club that no one wants to belong to — the wives of con artists.
Kirchner, 43, is the ex-wife of Bradford C. Bleidt, the former financial adviser and Boston business radio station owner serving 11 years in prison for defrauding his clients of $30 million in a Ponzi scheme. Shocked and betrayed when the crime became public, Kirchner also lost her home and much of her savings, and her successful career in TV and radio was derailed.
Like Ruth Madoff and others, Kirchner was stunned by the collapse of her comfortable life. And she too has faced a persistent question: What did she know?
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