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- Surferess, on 03/07/2009, -0/+24This guy is ALWAYS smiling like he knows some big secret the rest of us don't. Prolly has all kinds of money stashed away somewhere.
- mrgeekguy, on 03/07/2009, -0/+22He gets to keep his penthouse, and $62 million, all while charities have to close there doors, elderly people retired for decades have to find a jobs just to survive, and people have to sell there homes. That's justice.
- SpectreFire, on 03/07/2009, -2/+23Sentence him to a public beating. Charge the public $10 for a minute with him.
It'll deliver justice AND stimulate the economy. - inactive, on 03/07/2009, -4/+22Guilty is not good enough. Get the ***** money back. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand much went to construct W.B. settlements. Correct me if I am wrong about this.
- inactive, on 03/07/2009, -0/+15Go straight to jail. Do NOT collect $50 billion dollars.
- scarz99, on 03/07/2009, -0/+14***** him.
- algaeturd, on 03/07/2009, -0/+10I predict 18 months at Club Fed after his 'friends' finish taking care of his case.
- NegativeDigg, on 03/07/2009, -0/+8I don't get it, if i go into your house and steal your stuff i go to jail for a long time. If i lie to you and get all your live savings i get a slap on the wrist?
- PeanutCheeseBar, on 03/07/2009, -0/+8Make it $1,000 a minute; he's an old man, and he likely won't last 10 minutes.
- waleedo, on 03/07/2009, -0/+8if he gets free on a "plea deal"...i'll be pissed.
- SaladCactusKing, on 03/07/2009, -0/+8Affinity Fraud is the worst kind of Fraud in the world because it's based entirely on shared culture and trust. Throw him in a room full of all of the Jewish Charities he's defrauded, I'd like to see that.
- billraydrums, on 03/07/2009, -1/+8So sell off EVERYTHING he owns. When that's not enough, can't we part out ol' Bernie from the kidneys on? What's a healthy kidney fetch? $50,000? Well there's 100K. Heart.....wait, he hasn't got one of them.
- TheDeuce53, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7Send this ***** to jail for ***** LIFE.
- deviantsteve, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7He should be crucified.
- Noca86, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7He should be shot in a firing squad, a lot cheaper than having a trial and funding some cell for him to rot in.
- 1dog, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7What amazed me about this guy was, how smart people invested almost everything with him. As opposed to spreading it around. Which is a basic law in investing. They ought to get him off the street for his own good.
- ObSoLeTe, on 03/07/2009, -2/+9this guy should be killed
- inactive, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7It's amazing this guy gets to chill in his 7 million dollar apartment, after helping to pull off one of the greatest financial frauds of all time...it definitely shows where the priorities of "justice" are aimed
- lemonfruittree, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6cash please
- inactive, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6Their just trying to keep him from telling you that all the banks, stocks, and 401k plans are all financial frauds!
- arrogantprick, on 03/07/2009, -5/+11Plea deal? The only "deal" this guy should be offered is what size sand his big burly roommate with a 16" dick will use in the Vaseline.
- Akram, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6The story of Madoff is quite interesting, however some things just don't add up and this (http://www.rense.com/general84/madoff.htm) seems to explain it. Take what you want from it, but it does make sense.
- MaxxusFlamus, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6a minute is far too long. He'd probably die by the time you raise $50.
People would pay $10 for 5 seconds. - ryancawdor, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5The obvious, predictable outcome of this debacle is ***** DISGUSTING. Whatever "punishment" is meted out to this ***** will be laughably insignificant compared to his crimes.
- chanop, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5He definately did not just steal from the rich. I'm in upstate NY, where a local college (Bard) lost millions of dollars. Our local paper has been running stories of different middle class people that got swindled also. He robbed as many people as he could, rich and ppor.
- Ogopogo, on 03/08/2009, -0/+5according to www.deepcapture.com Bernie Madoff may just be the 'front-man' for an even larger financial fraud. Seems odd the www.deepcapture.com website worked fine earlier today, now it just says they're "making improvements and will be back very soon". Madoff seems a bit too compliant, eager to get on with it, and willing to say "Blame me, please blame me" and take the rap for whatever he's being accused of.
- bluesman3535, on 03/08/2009, -0/+5It's a trap to fool the common folk . Not one other arrest? Where's the money? If he pleads guilty do the other so far unnamed people in his organization quietly leave the country? What a joke--this smells already.
- supercandy, on 03/07/2009, -3/+7Are the Democratic Party politicians he financed, going to be investigated?
- bluesman3535, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4 When you look at most of the victims' last names it's obvious he played an ethnicity angle. It's a good warning of the error in assuming alliance and good will based on heritage or common culture. What's extremely discouraging is how the legal system and media are making this about ONE MAN when dozens had to be in on it. One arrest? Not a flight risk?? The judge should be in a psychiatric ward. It's becoming clear the justice system is a farce.
- Ogopogo, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4TheDeuce53 babbles "Send this ***** to jail for ***** LIFE."
Who gets to pay the cost of keeping him in Club Fed dining on specially prepared kosher meals (which he's entitled to) for the rest of his life? The taxpayer does.. the taxpayer already is paying for his trial and funds the SIPC which will reimburse some of his victims. It probably costs at least $50K - $100K / year of taxpayer funds to incarcerate a federal inmate.
China spends about 25 cents on taking care of this type of economic criminal (and sends the bill to the relatives). - danthepiercer, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4is it so hard to say that Madoff is a jew who who ripped off other jews because they assumed that since he was a jew he wouldnt rip them off?
i know this is digg, but for ***** sake it is ok to use the 'J' word. - djAnakin, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4Just fry him.
- inactive, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4The only trouble I have with this guy going to prison is that ultimately he didn't do anything that the rest of the finance industry wasn't and isn't still doing: running a pyramid scheme.
Why aren't the rest of these people on trial for stealing peoples money eh? - inactive, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4And his wife...
- Ogopogo, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4see the Madoff section at www.deepcapture.com (when it come back on-line) for more confirmation of your suspicions.
- muckemuck, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4http://www.rense.com/general84/madoff.htm
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exactly. The real scam is on the US Taxpayer. - pixelguru, on 03/08/2009, -0/+4So, to summarize from the link above:
Madoff's hedge fund was going belly up (as many currently are), which would mean all his friends would lose their money. Instead, he sacrifices himself and claims he committed fraud, which means the US Govt. has to step in and compensate investors for their losses. So now, he's actually protecting his own investors by screwing all of us. If this is the case, I'd say his crime is even worse as the number of victims has grown exponentially. - maidaa, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3Greed, he did show amazing return
- Ogopogo, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3Indeed, check out http://www.deepcapture.com/bernard-madoff-the-mafi ...
How can you lose money selling stock you don't own? Mentions the SEC's "Madoff-exception" rule. - soulslave85, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3well said!
im with u on that one! - ricker2005, on 03/07/2009, -2/+5Innocent until proven guilty?
- dasunst3r, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3I say a good punishment for him is like this:
1. Make him sell off all his assets and take out a lease in a cheap apartment
2. Make him be a Wal-Mart greeter (or some customer service role that puts him in a highly-visible area for people to... you know...)
3. Any proceeds after living expenses and taxes will go to those who lost money (it won't be much)
Keeping him out of jail will cost taxpayers less money and put him in a position where he will have to always watch his back. - skipperjohn, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3Gee. Petty criminals get locked up for stealing dollars. Since Bernie is a big money guy, an appropriate sentence might be 1 year in prison (without possibility of parole) for every 100 million dollars he scammed. Let's see - that'd be a sentence of 500 years or so. Sounds about right!
- inactive, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3During the Great Depression, bankers were dragged from their homes and hanged publicly.
- charmaniac, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3They should have thrown him jail already. I know they are trying to find hidden money, but if he was truly running a ponzi scheme, there is no money left. That is what happens with fraud's, you don't get your money back.
The sooner we see folks like Madoff doing the perp walk, the sooner we will regain our confidence. - Demand911Truth, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3The corrupt and greedy must be punished.
- mr5150, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3one down, now if we can get the all the other CEO banking ***** we might expose the real scam instead of calling it the mystical "global financial crisis".
- jmones, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3The smart money invested with him because they thought he was doing something illegal (insider trading) and they sure were right.
- danthepiercer, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3ha!...democRat! i get it. democrat coupled with the word rat! and you even capitalized the r in rat to further make your point!
oh you clever *****...
please go die now. - danthepiercer, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3douche.
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