He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

Cue Stewie "a huh huh huh huh huh" laugh at headline.

The actual headline:
Madoff starts sentence at North Carolina prison

Fark headline: Madoff moved to Atlanta prison, joining four million other inmates

Article headline: Madoff starts sentence at North Carolina prison


Now to be fair, TFA says he was temporarily in Atlanta. But c'mon.

Kyro: Fark headline: Madoff moved to Atlanta prison, joining four million other inmates

Article headline: Madoff starts sentence at North Carolina prison


Now to be fair, TFA says he was temporarily in Atlanta. But c'mon.

Aren't they both down in Florida?

So they finally found a crazy homeless dude that looks enough like Bernie to pass for Inmate Bernie?

/Bernie's in the South Pacific
//folks with that kind of cash snookered away don't go to jail

Oops, turns out he was in Atlanta temporarily. Would have been nice to have seen him on a chain gang.

I like living in Atlanta

Jesus, guys, update your shiat. Madoff has been in Butner Federal Correctional Complex ^ since this morning.

/w Jonathan Pollard
//and Omar Abdel-Rahman

rot in hell you greedy, scumsucking chode.

man, how much would it suck to roll up in front of a medium security prison and know that you were gonna die in that building. holy shiat.

/medium security prisons are NOT good...exponentially worse than minimums...

Who's taking odds as to when he's going to accidentally fall on a prison-made shank a few dozen times?

Headline: Madoff starts sentence at North Carolina prison

Atlanta, North Carolina?? Is that close to bumfark, Idaho?

eqtworld: I still can't find any good info about how much he actually took in vs. how much he was telling people the fund was worth.

If I let you invest a dollar with me, then tell you "Now it's worth 100 dollars!, but don't take the profits, let them grow..." I've not stolen 100 dollars, I've only stolen one dollar. I think the "50billion" figure is going to be at least 10 or 20 times what he actually took in

/not that it makes it OK or anything, just saying..

Yes, but had he invested said dollar into the market like he was supposed to, that dollar would be worth much more. I think that is how they are tabulating it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

The same prison that Ponzi went to. How appropriate

If your car ever gets towed in Atlanta, it's down by the Federal Pen.

/assholes

FeFiFoFark: rot in hell you greedy, scumsucking chode.

The guy was a con artist, not a rapist or murderer...not that there is anything wrong with those two things either.

Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

I don't think the average occupant of a Georgia prison would have had very much money tied up in the market.

OldManDownDRoad: Jesus, guys, update your shiat. Madoff has been in Butner Federal Correctional Complex ^ since this morning.

/w Jonathan Pollard
//and Omar Abdel-Rahman

I visited Butner once. Made the mistake of wearing a blue short sleeve button down shirt, white t-shirt, khakis and white tennis shoes. (Yep, that's exactly what the inmates wore.)

Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

The people in THAT prison weren't affected.

They bring all the prisoners through Atlanta on the way to other prisons.

may your ass become a ponzi scheme of wieners.
a lot of taking but not much giving back.

and before you bleeding hearts chime in:

Yes, he deserves to hurt every single time he shiats until he dies.

I love how everybody thinks this ONE GUY ruined the economy. Well, now that he's behind bars we can all get back to normal. Sheep!

why no florida tag?

PenguinTheRed: Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

I don't think the average occupant of a Georgia prison would have had very much money tied up in the market.

I assumed that too.
Then I realized that the average occupant might be willing to find a stranger in the alps or even shank a fella for a small payment.

EvilTwinSkipster: FeFiFoFark: rot in hell you greedy, scumsucking chode.

The guy was a con artist, not a rapist or murderer...not that there is anything wrong with those two things either.

you hate who you want to and I'll hate who I wan to. Fair enough?

excusimfark: why no florida tag?

Atlanta isn't North Florida

FeFiFoFark: you hate who you want to and I'll hate who I wan to. Fair enough?

Sure.

I'm just saying Madoff's not such a bad guy...for a pinko.

eqtworld: I still can't find any good info about how much he actually took in vs. how much he was telling people the fund was worth.

If I let you invest a dollar with me, then tell you "Now it's worth 100 dollars!, but don't take the profits, let them grow..." I've not stolen 100 dollars, I've only stolen one dollar. I think the "50billion" figure is going to be at least 10 or 20 times what he actually took in

/not that it makes it OK or anything, just saying..

I would disagree. If you fraudulently tell your investors that their "investment" is worth a given amount, you should be liable for the amount of the fraud (i.e. $100 in your example).

I'm sure the people Bernie screwed could still scrape up enough money for a few packs of cigarettes. That's probably all they'd need to ensure he had a bit of an "accident"

jehovahs witness protection: Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

The people in THAT prison weren't affected.

Exactly, unless he had a lot of Aryan Brotherhood members as investors...

PenguinTheRed: Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

I don't think the average occupant of a Georgia prison would have had very much money tied up in the market.

It doesn't matter, he would be considered a trophy because of the news coverage.

wage0048: I would disagree. If you fraudulently tell your investors that their "investment" is worth a given amount, you should be liable for the amount of the fraud (i.e. $100 in your example).

Could we hold politicians to the same standard? That would be interesting.

if John Gotti the don of a New York mafia family can be attacked in prison, then Madoff is going to be lucky if he just walks funny for the rest of his life.

gator249: I love how everybody thinks this ONE GUY ruined the economy. Well, now that he's behind bars we can all get back to normal. Sheep!

Who the hell said anything about him ruining the economy by himself?

You must be some sort of conservative who just makes shiat up and then snarks about it in order to convince yourself that you're smarter than everyone else.

gator249: I love how everybody thinks this ONE GUY ruined the economy. Well, now that he's behind bars we can all get back to normal. Sheep!

I've never seen anyone claim this to be so, moran.

eqtworld: I still can't find any good info about how much he actually took in vs. how much he was telling people the fund was worth.

If I let you invest a dollar with me, then tell you "Now it's worth 100 dollars!, but don't take the profits, let them grow..." I've not stolen 100 dollars, I've only stolen one dollar. I think the "50billion" figure is going to be at least 10 or 20 times what he actually took in

/not that it makes it OK or anything, just saying..

One individual (or fund?) took out 5 billion in real money from his fund over a number of years, so it was far more than you seem to think. The 50b is supposed to be the amount that was on people's fictitious balances when it collapsed, but there could have easily been just as much or more invested with him and later withdrawn by someone, i.e. it is possible he took in $60b in investments, paid out $60b and had another $50b owed. It depends on who invested how much, when, how much people had withdrawn at various times, what interest he was claiming at various times, etc.

TheShavingofOccam123: if John Gotti the don of a New York mafia family can be attacked in prison, then Madoff is going to be lucky if he just walks funny for the rest of his life.

He was attacked by the AB so he would pay them to protect him.

Isn't this in the Delaware/Rhode Island complex of 'States that don't matter?'

Mooohahahaha. 150 year sentence.

I am glad it wasn't less. I would be surprised if he did not have millions and millions still hidden somewhere.

I hate it when these types of money greedy, thieving criminals get sentences that basically translate into huge yearly salaries per prison year.

You know they steal so much, hide and get out after 10 years with 10 million left. I lot of people would be willing to go to jail for a MIL year. Just staying.

His accomplices did not get enough time IMO.

Even though he did not murder someone it takes a real POS to have billions in the bank and steal from hard working people.

I bet there are men in prison who robbed a liquor / gas station, etc. store to get baby formula or something he really needed spending more time then this guys 'friends'. IMO what these white collar scum did is much worse.

Exactly, unless he had a lot of Aryan Brotherhood members as investors...

Not bloody likely.

FeFiFoFark: you hate who you want to and I'll hate who I wan to. Fair enough?

This is a good rule to go by.

/gives Andy Rooney the evil eye.

One more lame-ass story about some shoes you bought from a flea market in the 1950s and you're going down, old man.

Beeblebrox: jehovahs witness protection: Weaver95: He better hope they put him in protected custody. Bernie pissed off a LOT of people.

The people in THAT prison weren't affected.

Exactly, unless he had a lot of Aryan Brotherhood members as investors...

actually, it's been rumored that Madoff was handling some very serious, very dirty money.

Plus, Tad and Buffy don't like their trust funds evaporating anymore than Johnny Red or Sammy the Bull.

Also, there are two very rich men who live in Arizona who hired hitmen to kill family members and associates strictly for money reasons. The hired men went to prison; the rich people weren't even charged. I doubt if they were ever interviewed by police.

gator249: I love how everybody thinks this ONE GUY ruined the economy. Well, now that he's behind bars we can all get back to normal. Sheep!

if by everybody you mean "just you"

chrisco123: Exactly, unless he had a lot of Aryan Brotherhood members as investors...

Not bloody likely.

Granted in his scheme the people that got involved were friends of friends. Basically you had to know someone invested in the scheme to be allowed to invest yourself. But the AB is pretty sophisticated. They don't just keep their money under their mattresses. So it is probably unlikely to be connected to them directly, it would hardly be an impossibility.

Tricky Chicken: Isn't this in the Delaware/Rhode Island complex of 'States that don't matter?'

Well, we can't all be in states that aren't states...

Nick Nostril: So they finally found a crazy homeless dude that looks enough like Bernie to pass for Inmate Bernie?

/Bernie's in the South Pacific
//folks with that kind of cash snookered away don't go to jail

Yeah, THIS.

tweekster: chrisco123: Exactly, unless he had a lot of Aryan Brotherhood members as investors...

Not bloody likely.

Granted in his scheme the people that got involved were friends of friends. Basically you had to know someone invested in the scheme to be allowed to invest yourself. But the AB is pretty sophisticated. They don't just keep their money under their mattresses. So it is probably unlikely to be connected to them directly, it would hardly be an impossibility.

There is a part of me that hopes this is true and the AB gets some of their money back "in trade".