Legal secretary’s secret $9m fortune emerges after her death

A legal secretary secretly stashed away millions of dollars by observing the investments made by lawyers she worked for.
Sylvia Bloom worked for the same law firm for more than 60 years and only retired when she was 96. She died not long afterwards, in 2016.
But unbeknown to any of her family or friends, she had accumulated substantial wealth and was able to donate millions to charities in New York out of a wealth fund of $9m (£6.6m).
The Henry Street Settlement, a social charity in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, received $6.24m (£4.4m) from Ms Bloom – the largest gift from an individual in its 125-year history.

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