Comments on: Bernie Madoff Gets 150 Years

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:41:20 +0000

How about this for Nepotisim: The SEC's Eric Swanson, who told his underling lawyer to stop looking into Bernie Madoff's questionable activities in 2004, married Bernie's niece Shana Madoff in 2007.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/01/AR2009070104223.html

Of course they knew.

By: Hoof

Hoof — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:33 +0000

Couldn't be that smart, his perfect get out of jail card was here the whole time.

All he had to do was pay a flying visit to the Galway Races and ask Bertie the Beggar for a passport while "paying" his respects to the Great Leader at the FF tent.

By: token

token — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:44:52 +0000

if he had used the money to buy shares in anglo irish, he would have got away with it

By: john

john — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:56:37 +0000

The people that fall for this have no one to blame but themselves its their own greed that caused it

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:13:56 +0000

If this happened here he would plead bad health due to his age plus a possible unfair trial due to negative publicity so there would be no trial . Of course such a scam could never happen in Ireland!!!!

By: Gary Ireland

Gary Ireland — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:55:00 +0000

The thing about a good con job is you convince the punters that are getting a lot for nothing. There is one born every minute. When stung they weep like babies who have just lost their lolly pops.

By: unstranger

unstranger — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:48:03 +0000

One need only look at whom Madoff associated with to realise how easily he achieved the theft of billions. Look no further than his banker; Chase!

Google their history.

By: paulo1

paulo1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:46:28 +0000

I heard on an N.P.R. show this morning something that bears thinking about. Namely that the majority of the losers in the Madoff scheme were fairly savvy investors who pretty well had to know, going in, that this was not the most up-and-up proposition, but who figured that they could get in and out with a fat profit before the shit hit the fan. Madoff is a cunt, no question, but so are all the other Geckos who made it possible and who got caught short.