Back in my day, we called that a non-violent protest.

I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

How traumatic that must be to realize they'll have to get a job.

/does not condone Ponzi schemes, even against trust funds

Trust fund teens are douchebags anyway.

BH: Back in my day, we called that a non-violent protest.

That was back before the Patriot Act, that noble Bush Administration legislation designed to protect us from terrorist like you.

I'm pretty sure the answer is always C.

Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

A trend of killing Bernie Madoff?

D) Pray.

C.

but it would be "used" TP.

Ran out of gasoline? It's cheap now and I'm sure you could find a few people to lend you some cash.

/most economies are Ponzi schemes
//learned it and now saving every penny

Reminds me of Disney's "Meet the Robinsons," somehow.

/mildly obscure

I've toyed with the idea of buying some side walk space in key locations such as along wall street and on capital hill and just setting up a functioning guillotine.

Of course there would be dozens of warning signs that it is real and dangerous and not a toy and only "bad people" should go inside.

I'd just leave it there. A suggestion if you will. Maybe it'll get put to use in a riot.

I wonder what it would have been to be a trust-fund teen.

(sighs and dreams)

Bet I would not have to have worked at captian d's slinging fish to afford my firs $900 car.

Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot.

E) Shake the farker down for my missing cash and beat it out of him if he refuses.

When Bernie toilet papers someones house he does it with hundred dollar bills.

How come you get only one? What is this, Highlander???

I would have left a burning shiatbag on his doorstep, but that's just how I get down.

Sucks for them, but why would anyone want to spoil their kids to that extent? My parents always said no matter how much $ they had, they'd never give me anything major (like a car). A loan for a car, is a different story.

If your kids need some help, help them. Don't give them handouts though.

/f*ck the trust fundies, they can get a job like the rest of us peons.

The answer is always Charmin.

Awww, some poor widdle trustafarians will have to settle for a BMW and Yale instead of a Benz and Harvard.

like rich trust fund kids do ANYTHING themselves--probably had the butler or gardener do it--they most likely sit at home and text each other while soaking in a hot tub--


rich people suck--especially those living off the sweat of a long dead relative

still thinks madoff should hang for what he did--along with the rest of the banking farkers that got rich screwing up our economy

I'd slit his throat if he lost $20.00 that belonged to me.

Dirty fark.

I would carpet bomb his house with sharks.

I admire Madoff, I really do. It takes a special kind of person to pull of a fraud that big; to keep the lie going for so long. It reminds me of the old saying that saints are just devils who have gone in the opposite direction. Truly, he is a better man than me. More planful, more patient, more energetic. My idea of ripping someone off is sleeping an extra couple of hours. Forget about brains, I simply don't have the energy; I don't care enough to steal 50 billion dollars.

BlorfMaster: I wonder what it would have been to be a trust-fund teen.

(sighs and dreams)

Bet I would not have to have worked at captian d's slinging fish to afford my firs $900 car.

Just go to FreeCreditReport.com, and you won't have to wind up selling fish to tourists in tee-shirts.

MooseBayou: I'd slit his throat if he lost $20.00 that belonged to me.

Dirty fark.

Likewise. He's very fortunate not to have loaned any moey to anyone on the internets.

D) Hire Casey Anthony to off his ass

gadian: I've toyed with the idea of buying some side walk space in key locations such as along wall street and on capital hill and just setting up a functioning guillotine.

Of course there would be dozens of warning signs that it is real and dangerous and not a toy and only "bad people" should go inside.

I'd just leave it there. A suggestion if you will. Maybe it'll get put to use in a riot.

Your ideas. I find them intriguing.

Your newsletter. I would like to subscribe to it.

It must feel good knowing that after stealing billions of dollars the only way your victims can get any sense of immediate justice is to throw Charmin at a house that's probably worth the entire worth of about 50% of the victims you stole from.

/Madoff needs to be dragged down Wall St. by his toenails.

Is there a more sympathetic victim than a trust fund teen?

ps69: Is there a more sympathetic victim than a trust fund teen?


A kidnapped white trust fund teen girl?

steamingpile: Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot.

I wouldn't be surprised. Though, my vote is for "several bullets, aim for center mass."

I'm really finding it hard to pick a side to root for in this one. I mean, who wins?

/the toilet paper industry

deadsanta: ps69: Is there a more sympathetic victim than a trust fund teen?


A kidnapped white trust fund teen girl?

A crack dealer who overdoses?

So how exaclty does having a trust fund work if you are a teenager? Do you get a special debit card or something?

Hey I had a trust fund and I am not a douche!

/father spent all the money in it before he died
//IRS/courts/banks/lawyers took what was left of his property
///thats right, I didn't get shiat

Buddy of mine lost a major portion of his net worth to this guy. Alot of people did. To think that Madoff only has to worry about getting up to 5 years in prison, i'm in the wrong biz.

deadsanta: ps69: Is there a more sympathetic victim than a trust fund teen?


A kidnapped white trust fund teen girl?

A lost dolphin/puppy/kitten/panda cub.

It's the genetic jackpot of sympathy.

Well is asshats like Madoff have to fark someone in the ass, I'd prefer it to be trust fund kids.

At least this way they're broke and he's in jail, which is a bit closer to where things should be in a more perfect world.

/Bummer about the folks just trying to plan for retirement that he screwed, though.

Waterboard him.

gadian: I've toyed with the idea of buying some side walk space in key locations such as along wall street and on capital hill and just setting up a functioning guillotine.

Of course there would be dozens of warning signs that it is real and dangerous and not a toy and only "bad people" should go inside.

I'd just leave it there. A suggestion if you will. Maybe it'll get put to use in a riot.

Nah, put it on a trailer so you can go back and forth between Wall St. and Washington D.C. Put a nice sign on there that says something like "Maybe the French were right about something"

Bashing Trust Fundies is pretty pathetic. But ya know, i'm sure poor people do the same when middle/upperish-class people lose money. After-all, we probably seem rich to the poor and impoverished.

is, if, whichever.

orclover: Buddy of mine lost a major portion of his net worth to this guy. Alot of people did. To think that Madoff only has to worry about getting up to 5 years in prison, i'm in the wrong biz.

Yeah, and 5 lifetimes worth of paranoia. If the guy doesn't get whacked he'll probably end up a being a total nutter.

The_EliteOne: So how exaclty does having a trust fund work if you are a teenager? Do you get a special debit card or something?

It is kept "in trust". A trust fund. The kid doesn't get access until some time in the future. Hence the name "trust fund"

It was probably put there for him by his grandparents, or deceased parent's will or in a divorce, to pay for college or other such thing.

EdNortonsTwin: Bashing Trust Fundies is pretty pathetic. But ya know, i'm sure poor people do the same when middle/upperish-class people lose money. After-all, we probably seem rich to the poor and impoverished.

What is pathetic about schadenfreude?

The_EliteOne: So how exaclty does having a trust fund work if you are a teenager? Do you get a special debit card or something?

Most of the time, the funds are either there on an as needed basis or waiting until you are 18, 21, 25.

No matter how you fark up, there is $500k or $2.5m in the bank "after" you get done screwing up your life. Then, after you graduate, you buy a share into a company, setting yourself up as a partner and learn to do life as an adult.

Then the kid sees the trust fund getting smaller, gets smart and works hard and replaces the money.

/takes money to make money
//doesn't have a trust fund to fall back on

vernonFL: ps69: Is there a more sympathetic victim than a trust fund teen?

Someone worked for that money. Maybe the kids parents or grandparents.

Someone worked for half that money - the other half was Madoff's fabrications.

How do you prepare for college if your trust fund can't pay for it anymore?

everyone in palm beach country is a trust fund baby....
IF I had lost my trust fund to that douchebag, i would have burned his house down. tp is what lame dorky snobs in boca do.

What's wrong with a trust fund teen? You wouldn't have wanted to be one? If you answer "no", you're full of it. If you answer "I'd help some worthy charities", you're full of it. Teens and cash equals tons of fun (for the teens). All I sense here is jealousy and schadenfreude.

Ninja Wicked: I would carpet bomb his house with sharks.

You know sharks wouldn't survive in his money pool!

Growing up my parents told me they were working hard so I
wouldn't have to. I looked at them and said- deal.

chrisco123: What's wrong with a trust fund teen? You wouldn't have wanted to be one? If you answer "no", you're full of it. If you answer "I'd help some worthy charities", you're full of it. Teens and cash equals tons of fun (for the teens). All I sense here is jealousy and schadenfreude.

And?

/Get a job, suckers.

Like everybody else, I got my own trust fund problems.

Why is the answer always 'C'?

Or - put a 30.06 round in Mr. Madoff's head, from a high Manhattan apartment window, right in front of live TV coverage.

That'd send the needed message to Wall Street slime.

/Guillotines. We need more.

Can you blame them? That guy madoff with all their money.

I would go C then B then hopefully A

worlddan: I don't care enough to steal 50 billion dollars.

More THIS than I have ever seen before.

Or - put a 30.06 round in Mr. Madoff's head, from a high Manhattan apartment window, right in front of live TV coverage.

That'd send the needed message to Wall Street slime.

/Guillotines. We need more.

As a peer, on the jury, I'd say "He didn't miss so we can't get him with negligence. Not guilty."

I always appreciated what Warren Buffett said, when asked how much money he was leaving his kids.

"Enough so they can do anything, but not so much that they'll do nothing."

Cool.

This thread needs the jump f***ers! picture. Mama always said if it seems to good to be true, it is. Affinity fraud is horrible, but the retirement plans that are just now finding out that they were invested indirectly with this guy are the saddest. The really ugly part will be when "clawback" kicks in, and a bunch of people who thought they were in the clear start getting cleaned out by the investigators.

My kids will be trust fund kids, but I'm not sure that a $500 trust fund is that exciting.

Didn't we learn this from the Chappelle Show?

Diversify yo bonds farkers!

vudukungfu: MooseBayou: I'd slit his throat if he lost $20.00 that belonged to me.

Dirty fark.

Likewise. He's very fortunate not to have loaned any moey to anyone on the internets.

Yeah, 'cause you know, tough guys like us, well you just don't mess with us.

Don't do it!

cherryl taggart: This thread needs the jump f***ers! picture

johnphantom: Hey I had a trust fund and I am not a douche!

/father spent all the money in it before he died
//IRS/courts/banks/lawyers took what was left of his property
///thats right, I didn't get shiat

You can go TP your dad's headstone.

ph0rk: EdNortonsTwin: Bashing Trust Fundies is pretty pathetic. But ya know, i'm sure poor people do the same when middle/upperish-class people lose money. After-all, we probably seem rich to the poor and impoverished.

What is pathetic about schadenfreude?

Well, he did a lot of blow for one thing.

tinyarena: I can only assume he know something which is causing the Fed Prosecuter to move slowly???

The prosecuter might be using this investigation to build a massive case, targeting several people? RICOlaaa, RICOlaaa!

Another headline so enlightening the article is made obsolete.

Trust fund teens take credit for decorating Madoff mansion, in toilet paper

OMG now they have to work for a living!

Q: What's the difference between Bernie Madoff and Citigroup?

A: Citigroup got a bailout when their Ponzi scheme collapsed.

Bored Horde: RICOlaaa, RICOlaaa!

.... suave

deltabourne: Nemo

yes.

so I assume they didn't burn it to the ground because they are hoping to recover $3 when his assests are sold off.

wow, that'll show him. a multibillionaire will sure feel the financial setback of toilet paper and a bronze statue. it'll take him miliseconds to recover from that.

gadian: I've toyed with the idea of buying some side walk space in key locations such as along wall street and on capital hill and just setting up a functioning guillotine.

Of course there would be dozens of warning signs that it is real and dangerous and not a toy and only "bad people" should go inside.

I'd just leave it there. A suggestion if you will. Maybe it'll get put to use in a riot.

Just happens that I'm building two in my garage. Who has a truck we can use?

steamingpile: Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot.





/obligatory

WTF. How weak is that? When I was a kid, we did much, much, much worse stuff to people in my neighborhood who gave us problems. Toilet paper? Thats not even damaging... it will wash away when it rains!

At least burn the mother farker down... its almost impossible to get caught for arson too!

/Actually, I can't believe no one has done anything to the guy. If I lost my life savings to this prick, you can damn well believe there would be some vigilante justice
//Then again, I guess most people are pussies.
///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

annitabonghit: steamingpile: Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot./obligatory

I couldn't agree more. I'm waiting for some of these bankers to get disappeared or home invaded.

dreadprophet: orclover: Buddy of mine lost a major portion of his net worth to this guy. Alot of people did. To think that Madoff only has to worry about getting up to 5 years in prison, i'm in the wrong biz.

Yeah, and 5 lifetimes worth of paranoia. If the guy doesn't get whacked he'll probably end up a being a total nutter.

Guys like this don't feel paranoia. If they had the sympathic capacity to realize people would kill them for what happened, they'd never have done it in the first place.

Alonjar: ///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

As a job? I mean, did you have to apply and get interviewed, and was it hourly, salary or commission?

Alonjar: WTF. How weak is that? When I was a kid, we did much, much, much worse stuff to people in my neighborhood who gave us problems. Toilet paper? Thats not even damaging... it will wash away when it rains!

At least burn the mother farker down... its almost impossible to get caught for arson too!

/Actually, I can't believe no one has done anything to the guy. If I lost my life savings to this prick, you can damn well believe there would be some vigilante justice
//Then again, I guess most people are pussies.
///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

With all the pissed off anarchists and such that you see at WTO protests and the like... I'm kind of surprised someone hasn't done something to this guy to make an example.

I guess that just goes to show you how poorly organized those movements are; or how well infiltrated/monitored. (I'm sure that as I write this, the Party Van people are preparing to add this to my secret dossier.)

As soon as the prosecutors figure out where the existing* money went, I hope his South American investors will have him killed...it was money they were hiding from their own governments, so they have no legal recourse.

*: "existing" means the initial capital, since the $50B number includes the imaginary interest, after the usurious fees.

$100 x 10% = 110 / 110 x 10% = $121 / etc, is still only $100

desidog: As soon as the prosecutors figure out where the existing* money went, I hope his South American investors will have him killed...it was money they were hiding from their own governments, so they have no legal recourse.

*: "existing" means the initial capital, since the $50B number includes the imaginary interest, after the usurious fees.

$100 x 10% = 110 / 110 x 10% = $121 / etc, is still only $100

VERY good point! I just hope they make the guy suffer. I hate bankers, and revel at the opportunity to see one of their numbers go down in flames.

In Russia, the house toilet papers you!

/got nuthin
//whatever happened to yakov smirnoff?

With all the pissed off anarchists and such that you see at WTO protests and the like... I'm kind of surprised someone hasn't done something to this guy to make an example.

We think he's just a symptom of a greater problem. Odds are, he'll get whacked by someone he stole money from, not someone who would have assumed he was a thief by virtue of his work.

/propaganda of the deed went out of fashion over a century ago anyway

Githerax: Alonjar: ///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

As a job? I mean, did you have to apply and get interviewed, and was it hourly, salary or commission?

I too would like to know how to get into this "life of crime". It would be nice to have that kind of job security. I would also have no clue on how to launder money. Is it required? I did break into my car with a ball point pen once.

Ha, I was left a large inheritance in the many millions by my recently departed father, (had NO IDEA it existed) and was close to my father, but I declined every penny, and instead put it all in a trust for my 3 yr old. (and any subsequent kids) I've made it this far without it, and am comfortable. The way I see it, that money would change my way of life, and I like my way of life a lot right now.

\getting a kick out of these replies.
\\just wanted the hunting and fishing stuff, got a lot more.

Much as I hate trust fund babies, not everyone who lost their shirts to Madoff's Ponzi scheme was a flaming retard who handed over their life savings without a second thought.

A lot of them did so because the financiers they hired to manage/invest their money got suckered into believing Madoff was on to something good.

This guy committed suicide after losing more than $1 billion of his clients' money to Madoff's scheme, and he certainly wasn't the only one to tie up money that wasn't his own. Numerous charities, organizations, and little old retirees have suddenly found themselves completely wiped out because they trusted a professional who in turn, trusted somebody who turned out to be a complete douche.

Seriously, this guy deserves to be thrown in a cell with a 6'4" 370 lb serial rapist (and only one bed) for the rest of his natural life. No way should this bastard ever be allowed to touch any of the money you know he has squirrelled away somewhere in the Cayman Islands.

I'm a fair man though, so for every hidden off-shore account he turns over to the authorities, the warden will supply him with one trial-size tube of astroglide.

We shoot and kill young black men for stealing a lot less.

I got 99 problems but a trust fund blown to smithereens by Madoff aint one.

guvnor:
No way should this bastard ever be allowed to touch any of the money you know he has squirreled away somewhere in the Cayman Islands.

Squirreled away nothing. His neighbors have said that UPS and FedEx trucks make regular stops at his house and are carting off tons of boxes.
He claims he was sending out tons of holiday gifts, but the assumption is that every painting, status, and piece of jewelry that he owns has gone to his children or properties out of country.

My guess, based on the massive amounts of stolen money that he funneled to Israeli charities over the years, is that he will be moving there soon. They will do absolutely zero to send him back or take his assets, great ally of ours though they may be....

F42: How do you prepare for college if your trust fund can't pay for it anymore?

student loans like everyone else

Mentat: Why choose?

my only input would be "new or used"?

alfredromeo: We shoot and kill young black men for stealing a lot less.

you got that right. along the lines that a middle class/poor person is 'weird' when a wealth person is 'eccentric'. along those same lines.
its only bad in america if you steal and get caught. if you don't get caught, then you're clever and successful.

Madame Ovary: F42: How do you prepare for college if your trust fund can't pay for it anymore?

student loans like everyone else

the banking system's goal is for everyone to be in debt to the banks. that way, they can control everything and, ultimately, own everything.
oldest trick in the book.

LOCNAR69: like rich trust fund kids do ANYTHING themselves--probably had the butler or gardener do it--they most likely sit at home and text each other while soaking in a hot tub--


rich people suck--especially those living off the sweat of a long dead relative

still thinks madoff should hang for what he did--along with the rest of the banking farkers that got rich screwing up our economy

i see you subscribe to the chinese method of anti-corruption then...

gadian: Githerax: Alonjar: ///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

As a job? I mean, did you have to apply and get interviewed, and was it hourly, salary or commission?

I too would like to know how to get into this "life of crime". It would be nice to have that kind of job security. I would also have no clue on how to launder money. Is it required? I did break into my car with a ball point pen once.

Remember: when you get to prison, tell em "Senor Awesome sent me!" (new window)

vernonFL: People can and do get caught for arson, which is a very serious crime.

Arson is not a crime to be encouraged or condoned for any reason.

For example, I would never condone pouring gasoline through the mail slot, or into the dryer vent.

steamingpile: Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot.


Little head or big head?

Senor Awesome: gadian: Githerax: Alonjar: ///Maybe my perspective is skewed because I used to be a criminal

As a job? I mean, did you have to apply and get interviewed, and was it hourly, salary or commission?

I too would like to know how to get into this "life of crime". It would be nice to have that kind of job security. I would also have no clue on how to launder money. Is it required? I did break into my car with a ball point pen once.

Remember: when you get to prison, tell em "Senor Awesome sent me!" (new window)

The real trick is to just pay your damn taxes. Create a business that uses cash (Buy and "operate" a taxi, for example), and go ahead and claim $150,000 a year and pay tax on it. As long as the government gets their cut, they really don't care where it came from. Pay your mortgage and car payment with that... anything else in the world you want, food, pool tables, plasma TV's, some super blinging rims, etc you just pay cash for. As long as the item is under $10,000, the IRS doesn't need to be notified.

/In my experience, 99.9% of criminals have very poor accounting skills

i think the right answer is c followed by a.

D: Throw molotov cocktails instead

E: Move down the street and hit Ann Coulter's place with TNT.

Done...

The_EliteOne: So how exaclty does having a trust fund work if you are a teenager? Do you get a special debit card or something?

dbaggins: It is kept "in trust". A trust fund. The kid doesn't get access until some time in the future. Hence the name "trust fund"

Holy crap. Thanks for the snotty wrong answer, Mr. Expert!

Look up dynasty trusts. 3503(c) trusts. estate trusts. Even charitable remainder trusts can designate kids as income recipients. There's all kinds of trusts that pay kids a Porsche-sized allowance.

worlddan: I admire Madoff, I really do. It takes a special kind of person to pull of a fraud that big; to keep the lie going for so long. It reminds me of the old saying that saints are just devils who have gone in the opposite direction. Truly, he is a better man than me. More planful, more patient, more energetic. My idea of ripping someone off is sleeping an extra couple of hours. Forget about brains, I simply don't have the energy; I don't care enough to steal 50 billion dollars.
You need to live in NY and be a Jew.

You got this close and didn't bring fire? For shame.

vudukungfu: MooseBayou: I'd slit his throat if he lost $20.00 that belonged to me.

Dirty fark.

Likewise. He's very fortunate not to have loaned any moey to anyone on the internets.

yeah, he would have had really mean things typed about him, maybe even a video rant or 2!

I seriously cannot believe this guy is still alive.

Move in with him.

Look. You can't blame Madoff for investing all his clients' money in those Nigerian deals. The returns would have been fantastic and it could all have worked out well for everyone. No risk, no reward. Who knew the Nigerian emails were not legit, I ask?

I'd like to suggest the phrase "Ecrasez L'enfame"
/crush the infamous


illusi0n: gadian: I've toyed with the idea of buying some side walk space in key locations such as along wall street and on capital hill and just setting up a functioning guillotine.

Of course there would be dozens of warning signs that it is real and dangerous and not a toy and only "bad people" should go inside.

I'd just leave it there. A suggestion if you will. Maybe it'll get put to use in a riot.

Nah, put it on a trailer so you can go back and forth between Wall St. and Washington D.C. Put a nice sign on there that says something like "Maybe the French were right about something"

Amateur TP'ers

/have done MUCH better
// more times

All three.

The douchebag deserves it. He should be in jail, not in his fancy little house with all his material wealth.

Brilliant! I love how someone stole a statue. That guy gets everything he deserves. I hope they throw him in jail for taking people's money like that.

yeah, I would say:

d) all of the above

How about E) Burn the mother down.

I'm going to have to go with option D as well, Madoff sounds like he deserves a case of high velocity lead poisoning.

Maybe these kids should be asking the "charities" in Israel for their money back instead. Madoff money by the shipload to Israel, and a lot of investors want it returned - not hearing much about that in the media.

I got an "option D" solution I'd like to offer

Ya know, that really was a half assed TPing job. That'll take his gardener all of like 5 maybe 10 minutes to get out of the tree. I've seen better work done around here as part of a local high school homecoming, and that's done in the sprit of fun. These kids are supposedly pissed at this guy, I expected alot more effort. Kids today, I swear...

/And get off my lawn!

Came here to verify that I wasn't the only one who got the reference here:

Just last month, someone swiped a $10,000 piece of bronze yard art from the property only to return it with a note: "Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return Stolen Property to rightful owners. Signed by - The Educators," the note read.

Please tell me that it is so obvious, we aren't discussing it.

I could have used a Goodbye, Lenin reference in the East Germany thread!!!

Some verify that my accidental minor is German was worth something!!!

oh yeah, the movie is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edukators

went back to the East Germany thread and there were a pair of Good Bye Lenin! references. Faith in Fark restored. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

D: Carve him up and sell his organs on Ebay.

dreadprophet: steamingpile: Nemo's Brother: I would probably go for D) Kill the farker and hope it starts a trend.

One bullet, one rifle and wait for his next court date. Make it a head shot.

I wouldn't be surprised. Though, my vote is for "several bullets, aim for center mass."

Problem with that is hes been wearing bullet proof vests to get to court dates

alfredromeo: We shoot and kill young black men for stealing a lot less.

No we dont, they get shot for breaking into the wrong houses and deservedly so, bernie had money given to him by people who trusted his dumb ass.

I keep waiting for one of them to grow a set of balls and get rid of him.

dreadprophet: orclover: Buddy of mine lost a major portion of his net worth to this guy. Alot of people did. To think that Madoff only has to worry about getting up to 5 years in prison, i'm in the wrong biz.

Yeah, and 5 lifetimes worth of paranoia. If the guy doesn't get whacked he'll probably end up a being a total nutter.

I think the max penalty for corporate fraud is 10 years now, after the whole Enron / WorldCom / Adelphia stuff went down back in 01-02.

Here's what I hope will happen: Madoff goes to prison for 5 or 10 years. He makes some friends in prison, and talks them into investing some money with him when he gets out. The next time the market gets a little f'ed up, they'll ask for their money back, and it turns out Bernie doesn't have any. Then he'll find out that Don Vincenzo doesn't play by the same rules as the SEC. Everybody plays, everybody loses.

Madoff deserve to be drawn and quartered on a Pay Per View Special.

Somaticasual: Those advocating arson are missing the point - It's not like his house isn't insured, he'd likely get the entirety of the value. The best bet - make it unlivable somehow, particularly mold. Insurance doesn't cover it for the most part.

My room mate does emergency home restoration... which is just a fancy term for fixing mold and water damage. Home owners insurance most definately covers mold.

As for burning down his house "not doing anything" because of insurance... wasn't everyone all uppity just a few days ago because a judge allowed Madoff to stay in his home awaiting trial intead of being in jail? That might be kind of hard if his house is burned to the ground, insurance or not.

Not to mention if somone firebombed YOUR house... it might make you feel a bit uneasy about your safety, no?

/Any discomfort for this fark is a good thing
//You really think an insurance company is just going to cut a check to a known fraud artist? Might raise some flags, you know?