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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:15 AM Original message |
Family caught in Madoff swindle forced to sell Jewish heirlooms |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Now that the filthy bastard is in prison, can't they seize his assets and give it back |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 'His' assets may not exist, |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it could be easily proven that the source of "her" money was his scheme. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Probably, |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. She benefited from the deal |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. In order to reach her assets for his victims, |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agree. He's supposedly got almost a billion dollars (and I'm sure there's more stashed around) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. At least the widow has a home to sell. I know people who got involved with a smaller |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Saw this on the news... heartbreaking. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. This brought a tear to my eye |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am sure this will bring a smile to some faces. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yeah, yours! |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No smiles here. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. you are trapped in a really sad place |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Not at all. Reality is sad; it is what it is. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Expecting the worse in people is in itself a pathology. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So is projectionism. |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Aegis – are you totally deranged?!? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Perhaps you are deranged or maybe just lazy. |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thanks for the reply. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Pathetic response, but totally expected from your kind. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Don't........ |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. So very sad! |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. What a real shame. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. I hope the authorities can retrieve most of the money, but it appears |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why put all your eggs into one basket?? |
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Johnyawl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Greed, pure and simply. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, but what seems to have happened is that Madoff had an excellent |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And Madoff was the former chair of NASDAQ |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Organized crime ring, I don't think that is an exaggeration. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Madoff would often require them to invest all they had. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Someone who wanted to know all about how much money I had would set off my bullshit detector.. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Because Madoff was a confidence man who played upon the Jewish identity. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. He has wrecked so many lives, but we will likely never hear from him as to why or how. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The family had a system set up so the others could claim lack of culpability. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maddoff's scheme reminds me of Amway |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. And it looks like there will be no co-conspirators named? this is bigger then they're telling us... |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Small investors? Come on. They live in Westport, CT., one of the richest areas outside of NYC. |
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