Now that Bernard Madoff and John Rigas are locked up together at Butner, I'm afraid they will soon start the largest cigarette Ponzi scheme in the history of the Federal Prison System.

Now that Bernard Madoff and John Rigas are locked up together at Butner, I'm afraid they will soon start the largest cigarette Ponzi scheme in the history of the Federal Prison System.

Why Madoff is in a medium secutity ad not a maximum security. Why is wife Ruth is free and not in jail and about his two suns are out, is it all a plot. Why Ruth is left with $2.5 million, that is what an average american herns in a life time. She might be left with only $300 a months, like people of disability that they struggle every minutes.

At least one of the games that he will enjoy is playing "drop the soap with the big boys"

Madoff deserves every second of jail time. If I had my way, he wouldn't be in jail, he would be under it! Don't be fooled by his admission that he acted alone. A scam of this size can not be run by one person. Madoff had help in stealing all of this money. If I were the Feds, I would be looking at his sons.

Why haven`t they taken all of their money and property, sold everything and returned the monies to the ones who lost everthing???What has happened to all of their assets????? they lived like the King and Queen ......sell it all empty their bank accounts etc.

well you can kill someone and get 20 years.
rape a 12 year old girl get 10 years.
steal 40 billion foget to pay off the government 150 years ( priceless )

So now Bernie gets to sit around, maybe write a book, maybe a movie????????? What about all of the people that are broke because of him ? Bless his heart. I don't feel a bit sorry for his wife, family, and certainly NOT for him.

I quess stealing money does pay for maddock that is. Take all that money. and be in medium security prison. with a very good hospital attached. may be he will have a plastic surgery and come back and scam another set of unsusspected victims. I hope he rots in jail.

I quess stealing money does pay for maddock that is. Take all that money. and be in medium security prison. with a very good hospital attached. may be he will have a plastic surgery and come back and scam another set of unsusspected victims. I hope he rots in jail.

Sometimes times it's really hard to remember the bible teaches you to let the lord handle vengence. Sometimes, you just wanna really hurt somebody and if I was one of the folks who lost everything to this bum, now would be one of those times.

Madoff got exactly what he deserves.He was only able to do what he did though because of peoples greed and thirst for money

now Mark, even average joes got taken by this bastard and HIS WIFE. not all of us are greedy, just doing what we can to further our gains. there is nothing wrong with increasing one's assets, only trusting people with too much of our hard earned assets.

Greed was the motivation for all who invested with Madoff. We all know the phrase if it seems to good to be true it probably is...

i agree with Jeff in letting God having final judgment and sincerly hope this judgment comes quickly. as a resident of NC,by way of TX, i have a problem with how inmates get better care, 3 meals and a cot and other items that the folks that are struggling with everyday expenses do not have access to. and no i am no bleeding heart liberal. i do have a keen sense of what is fair.

They better let him out, for obama to pull off this so called health care ponzi sceme they are going to need a man of his talents

not necessarily greed, as an opposition of Uncle Sam getting it to give to other who would prefer not to work and pay their taxes can drive a person to make bad choices, too.

A release date of 2139 is the only way our system can extract vengence, and rightfully so. Of course we could have been kinder and kept "Uncle Bernie" under wraps until 2099. He did a bad thing but it is best to move on and let the Government and a Higher Authority decide his fate.

like everything else, all his stuff taken and devided up amonst the lawyers both his and the governments. thats why nothing is left for the people who lost it all.

First off the Feds run the largest Ponzi scheme ever. Ever heard of social security, medicare, medicaid,welfare? Same game different crook. Secondly they did take everything that he owned, money, cars, yachts, jets. Third His wife and family are still under investigation add to this that none of them will be able to work for a reputible company without being held under a microscope at all times. Hey three hots and a cot, plus free top medical care for the rest of his life looks pretty good compared to scrubbing toilets at Burger King living in a rat hole depending on public hospitals and clincs for your healthcare where some of the staff might be the people you screwed.

why didnt they just send him to Rikers Island ?

Now that we've got Bernie Madoff, let's now go for the crooks in the Senate and the Congress who stole our Social Security trust fund, spent it, and replaced it with a pile of I.O.U's. We might begin by seizing their assets in their pensions.

Well here we go again, liberal government passing out free pass or get out of jail free cards to their friends the Madoffs. This is typical of our government and the judicial system where racial statements can be forgiven if you our a minority....what the hell happened to this country, trillions of tax dollars being spent in your name, you owe the government, we must give up our life style and provide for other countries, we must give my money away to illegal aliens....Thanks Obama for selling this once great country to forigen countries. Thanks for handing out the free get out of jail cards, thanks for selling off our retirement to your friends...thanks to the Demnocrats for screwing this all up and taking my hard earned money to fund their little friends projects. Piss off

Well here we go again, liberal government passing out free pass or get out of jail free cards to their friends the Madoffs. This is typical of our government and the judicial system where racial statements can be forgiven if you our a minority....what the hell happened to this country, trillions of tax dollars being spent in your name, you owe the government, we must give up our life style and provide for other countries, we must give my money away to illegal aliens....Thanks Obama for selling this once great country to forigen countries. Thanks for handing out the free get out of jail cards, thanks for selling off our retirement to your friends...thanks to the Demnocrats for screwing this all up and taking my hard earned money to fund their little friends projects. Piss off

I don't understand why his wife is not in jail with him and why she has managed to still have over 2.5 million in assets. Why hasn't every single bit of his assets been sold and given to those victims of his scheme. I also believe his sons had something to do with this and if I were the Feds I would be really looking into them as well. There is no way he could have kept this ponzzi scheme going all these years alone. He had to have had help from his wife and family. I do not fell any sympathy for his family after he left so many families pennyless and destroyed.

Lets not forget that Republicans pathed the way for good ole' Bernie! No, I don't believe that his wife should be imprisoned, beacuse if she should be in jail, so should Bush's wife. Let her see what life is like being a single older person with minimal resources. Uncle Bernie may get three hots and a cot, but for how long?? This guy isn't man enough to do the time. I bet my life that he'll kill himself before he does the time.

Michael- You do realize, don't you, that the reason we're in such bad financial shape is because of this oh-so-popular war we've been waging, plus billions of dollars in reconstruction money paid to Cheney's old company that just kind of disappeared. Blaming Obama for our financial situation is like blaming the doctor for telling you you have cancer.

And by the way, I'm pretty certain that Bernie Madoff has been sentenced and will serve his time. By comparison, how many of the Enron folks saw any time during the Bush regime?

Ultimately, it makes me sad for this country that there are people with enough money to own a computer but not enough intelligence to spell words correctly or advance an even semi-intelligent argument. A failure of the schools, I suppose.

No moron left behind.

"thanks to the Demnocrats for screwing this all up and taking my hard earned money to fund their little friends projects."

The second to last sentence of a rambling statement full of misinformation, and having almost nothing to do with the topic. The author obviously is unable to think on his own, and lets radio talk show hosts 'do his thinking for him'.

Austin Bob is an IDIOT!!!!! typical for Republicans.
I have never seen so many uneducated people in the world till I met Republicans.

Americans are greedy. If it looks like a skunk, smells like a skunk, it is a skunk! The majority of the Madoff investors were driven by greed. I don't feel sorry for them at all. While most middle income Americans were stuggling to put gas in their tank to go to work to feed their family's, when gas was at it's highest point, the investors didn't care, they were going to make money! At least they thought so! You get what you deserve!

I HERE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS; HOWEVER COULD MADOFF HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH SUCH A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FOR AS LONG AS HE DID IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CALLED VICTIMS GIVEN THE HISTORY OF "PONZI" SCHEME/SCAMS?
THIS GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS TALK -THE -TALK AND LOOK- THE -PART.
THIS TYPE OF SCHEMES FIRST ORIGINATED WHEN CHARLES DICKENS WROTE THE NOVEL"LITTLE DITTO" IN 1857, WHICH INDICATED THIS TYPE OF SCHEME(IT DID NOT REALLY HAVE A NAME, BUT THE ACTION WAS CLEARLY INDICATED IN THIS NOVEL).
CHARLES PONZI- AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO THE USA IN 1903 WAS THE FIRST TO ACT OUT SUCH A SCHEME/SCAM. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, THIS IS WHERE THE NAME "PONZI SCHEME" ORIGINATED FROM.
IF YOU HAVE A THE GIFT -OF-GAB AND MADOFF DID, AND YOU LEARN THE JARGON TO WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS THAN YOU STAND A CHANCE OF GETTING BY OR OVER IF YOU WILL.
THE ANGER TECHNICALLY IS MISDIRECTED- GREED OF THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING BEAR SOME OF THE BLAME AND; THIS HORRIBLE THING JUST CAUGHT UP WITH EVERYONE INVOLVED- SURE IT WAS WRONG- BUT ONE ONCE SAID-I BELIEVE IT WAS MALCOM X- TO ABLIB-"IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SOMEONE STUPID-PUT IT IN A BOOK"
ITS RIGHT THERE ON THE INTERNET-READ IT UNDER "WIKIPEDIA".
THERE IS TOO MUCH INFORMANTION AND MOREOVER, THE INTERNET HAS JUST ABOUT ANY PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW.
BOTTOMLINE- IN MY OPINION ONLY- "PONZI SCHEMES" IS WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS A "DOPE-FEIGN- MOVE"
SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ADDICTED TO ILLICIT SUBSTANCES (PRECRIPTION DRUGS TOO)AND THEY PREY ON THE STUPIDITY OF UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE.
WE ARE FALL SHORT OF A DOPE-FEIGN -MOVE EITHER BEING A VICTIM OR VICTIMIZING SOMEONE. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS SIMPLY GETTING SOMEONE TO BY INTO YOUR BULL---- FOR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN.

THE WORD "FEIGN" BY DICTIONARY SIMPLY MEANS:TO GIVE A FALSE APPEARANCE; PRETEND;TO DISSEMBLE.
MADOFF HAD THE GIFT OF SOUNDING LEGIT-WE CAN'T TOALLY PUT 100% OF THE BLAME ON HIM-THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEY SAW A WAY TO MAKE MORE MONEY;BUT UNFORTUNATLEY GOT TAKEN FOR A RIDE NEED TO TAKE THEIR 90% RESPONSIBILITY TOO.
MADOFF COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FOR AS LONG AS HE DID AND, FOR AS MUCH MONEY AS HE DID IF THOSE GREEDY INDIVIDUALS DID NOT PARTAKE IN THE SCHEME/SCAM.

USE THIS AS A HARD LESSON FOR YOURSLEVES AND QUESTION THOSE THINGS THAT SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE- INVESTIGATE NOT ONLY THE SITUATION, BUT THE PERSON- DO YOUR RESEARCH AND DO NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN DEMISE.
AND REMEMBER ADDICTION COMES IN ALL FORMS- NOT JUST FOR THE SO CALLED LOW-LIFE ADDICT-MADOFF BECAME ADDICTED TO THE "PONZI SCHEME"- THE ONES WHO PARTICIPATED WERE ALSO ADDICTED TO THEIR GREED TO SEEK MORE FORTUNE AND IT ENDED IN A LOSE-LOSE- THE "DOPE-FEIGN-MOVE IS NEVER BENEFICIAL FOR ANYONE; ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM SO FOR A TIME, BUT THE BOTTOM USUALLY FALLS OUT AT SOME POINT. PEACE OUT.

I see everybody pointing fingers at Obama, but no one is talking about the person that put us in this situation. He inherited a big mess when he was elected into office, would the people of america want to have our past president back in office and create more problems. we live in a country that people from other countries come to the U.S and live better lives than we do and we been here all our lives. I know from experience i see it everyday, i needed some help i lost everything i had and went to the government for help and they basically was helping everybody except americans, so before you throw stones at Obama take a look at your government,Madoff only did what the government allowed him to do

Obama had nothing to do with this. Madoff admitted the scheme went on for at least the last 20 years. Where was Obama 20 years ago? In school!

Why is it that murderers get off relatively easy while white collar criminals always seem to get the book thrown at them?

No prisoner should be living better than those living in Homeless Shelters, standing in Soup Lines, or the childern we feed with Save the Children..
STAND UP AMERICA........
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.....

Stick them all in the electric chair and just
flip the switch. At least then the taxpayer
would not have to face the burden of feeding and
housing them for the rest of their lives, - same
goes for this crap that Obama is trying to sell to the American public. America just does not
realize that Obama is nothing more than a African
Colonial Marxist and the American public will be paying for his plans for years to come. Wake up-Americans-your freedoms are at stake!!!!

Madoff like many others who pulled his scam and are now in jail...what a minute!!!... I correct myself...where ARE all those Halliburton gods under Bush/Cheney that received all the no-compete contracts for all services in Iraq and Afganistan, stole the money, didn't deliver, overcharged, and lost millions of dollars???? We the taxpayers get to add that to the heap of this war!! Oh we so easily forget..they say let history write itself in a few years ... I can hardly wait for the documentaries on the Bush Gang that AMBUSHED the American Taxpayer for 8 torturous years and got by with it...!!But ..like Madoff, they is a Higher Power they will need to take their lies to...GOOD LUCK scumbags!

They sent Berni to a country club, it should have been Devils Island where the food has magots and rats are your inmates, not three meals a day and color tv.

after he adjusts to prison, i think bernie will create an elaborate and lucrative ponzi in prison. the man is narcisstant and very greedy but hes also very brilliant at making money and scheming!.hes definitley in the right place for that!. russ

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

expect stocks in soap to skyrocket so says bernie(mudpacker) madoff!!.

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

as we all have learned about bernie expect stocks in the soap industry to skyrocket!! for more than one reason!!. BE A GOOD CHAP AND PICK UP THAT BAR OF SOAP!! WOULD YOU BERNIE!!. I DONT THINK WEVE HEARD THE LAST OF (BERNIE I GOT MUDPACKED MADOFF!!.

Whats the big, Obama and his crew are taking us for trillons. Makes Bernie look like small time punk.

Glenn what freedoms are at stake?

Does anyone agree with me in thinking that a lot of the money is hidden in accounts in foreign countries. Perhaps in other people's name. In areas where the Feds can't get to it. I am thinking, how in the world do you lose 50 billion when he never made any investments.

If the economy continued to grow Mr. Madoffs clients bank-roll would continue to grow and no-one would be complaining then. Mr Madoff did this with malice and greed,nothing more. He decieved,friends,schools,charities and yes even the wealthy. What kind of a person does this? Greed and embarasment will eventually cause him to take his own life. Shame on you Bernie.

Well, he should suffer with the rest of the us. We are now in a situation that it will come a time we cannot pay our taxes and we will all end up in Fed prison...at least we won't have to worry about healthcare, mortgage or food......

I'm wondering why his wife gets to keep as much as she does...didn't she live high-of-the-hog for many years because of his thievery? She should have to start from scratch...find a place to live within the means of whatever job she has or can get....live like a commoner.

why is bernie locked up? he made lots of money for everyone who invested with him. if not for bush, bernie would still be the king of finance. god bless bernie madoff and his family. oh and by the way- i will never return all the money i made with bernie. may god bless

50 billion dollar heist pulled off by one man?
cant wait for the movie, i will have to rent it
from one of those dollar machines though, still
looking for work.

50 billion dollar heist pulled off by one man?
cant wait for the movie, i will have to rent it
from one of those dollar machines though, still
looking for work.

someone wrote before, rape 10 yrs/murder 10 to life/ molestation 5 to life.... etc etc etc. I dont feel sorry for no one involve in this scam. everybody has a choice where to invest their money. if they put it all in one place than numerous places then shame on them. like another said earlier,greed... not protecting this man nor anyone like him but a life sentence is too much. like everybody in this comment sections says, take all assets away & pay back all people that were infected by this. as far as his wife is concern & the 2 sons, they are on their own. let them move on. not hurting you or me. invest in banks. invest in somethng or someone that has had a good rep for 20-30 yrs... you people know there is far more worst people out there that are hurting ea other & killing for that matter that we need to pay attention too. llok at the senator that was banging some young lady from another country usng our money & betraying the public & most important his families trust.. wll he get time for mis used funds? i dont think so.... im sure we all did something wrong before & got away... i know i did being honest.

someone wrote before, rape 10 yrs/murder 10 to life/ molestation 5 to life.... etc etc etc. I dont feel sorry for no one involve in this scam. everybody has a choice where to invest their money. if they put it all in one place than numerous places then shame on them. like another said earlier,greed... not protecting this man nor anyone like him but a life sentence is too much. like everybody in this comment sections says, take all assets away & pay back all people that were infected by this. as far as his wife is concern & the 2 sons, they are on their own. let them move on. not hurting you or me. invest in banks. invest in somethng or someone that has had a good rep for 20-30 yrs... you people know there is far more worst people out there that are hurting ea other & killing for that matter that we need to pay attention too. llok at the senator that was banging some young lady from another country usng our money & betraying the public & most important his families trust.. wll he get time for mis used funds? i dont think so.... im sure we all did something wrong before & got away... i know i did being honest.

Good job kristen! i couldnt agree with u more 150%! peace out hahah

The Wife and sons need to be in jail, or at least having no money and work like the rest of us. I won't stoop low to Politics as many have. Take away the wifes worldly possessions. She doesnt need the designer diggs, that circle of folks wont give her the time of day anymore. Berni, you deserve a dickhead doll. www.dickheadworld.com

The Wife and sons need to be in jail, or at least having no money and work like the rest of us. I won't stoop low to Politics as many have. Take away the wifes worldly possessions. She doesnt need the designer diggs, that circle of folks wont give her the time of day anymore. Berni, you deserve a dickhead doll. www.dickheadworld.com

The Wife and sons need to be in jail, or at least having no money and work like the rest of us. I won't stoop low to Politics as many have. Take away the wifes worldly possessions. She doesnt need the designer diggs, that circle of folks wont give her the time of day anymore. Berni, you deserve a dickhead doll. www.dickheadworld.com

The Wife and sons need to be in jail, or at least having no money and work like the rest of us. I won't stoop low to Politics as many have. Take away the wifes worldly possessions. She doesnt need the designer diggs, that circle of folks wont give her the time of day anymore. Berni, you deserve a dickhead doll. www.dickheadworld.com

GI Joe is a bonifide, died in the wool, IDIOT!!!!
Poor IDIOT!!!!
Get a job, fool.
And, how many of you people are ignorant enough to believe Madoff will live to be 200 years old?
Don't keep saying he will serve his time.

what a bunch of flipping ignoramuses...do any of you have a brain? The comments about President Obama show incredible ignorance. Total misunderstanding of all the legalities of this bozo, and probable connections in the former BUSH administration...hello...flipping dumb people

How many swimming pools, tennis courts, spas does this prison have ?

I don't know why everyone is so upset with the guy. He's just taken the american way of life to a new high. I think people ought to consider that what he did was pretty close to genius. What about all those watch dog agencies etc. What ever happened to "buyer beware". This entire issue is the fault of one simple thing. GREED. That's it folks.

Is the guy a scum bag? Probably. Did he screw a lot of people? Definatley. There is no free lunch. If the deal seems to good to be true ....

So, let's just let the guy do his 150 years and then, when he does get out, he will probably go straight again (no pun intended).

Please don't forget to incarcerate the willing accomplices at the SEC that gave him a clean bill of health. Isn't it amazing that people who work for the government never seen to pay the price along with the rest of us.

Prison? He got off easy at 150 years...all those people he stole money from, they're the ones who will never have their lives back. He still has daily meals, workouts and health provided for him...disgusting!

Lets all put in $5 to shiv him and anyone who helped him get special treatment TO A SPECIAL PRISON-- something is really wrong here -- I see bigwigs in our goverment -- maybe Bush and Cheney and many OTHERS that made money off this asshole and they should all burn

Lets all put in $5 to shiv him and anyone who helped him get special treatment TO A SPECIAL PRISON-- something is really wrong here -- I see bigwigs in our goverment -- maybe Bush and Cheney and many OTHERS that made money off this asshole and they should all burn

Lets all put in $5 to shiv him and anyone who helped him get special treatment TO A SPECIAL PRISON-- something is really wrong here -- I see bigwigs in our goverment -- maybe Bush and Cheney and many OTHERS that made money off this asshole and they should all burn

Lets all put in $5 to shiv him and anyone who helped him get special treatment TO A SPECIAL PRISON-- something is really wrong here -- I see bigwigs in our goverment -- maybe Bush and Cheney and many OTHERS that made money off this asshole and they should all burn

Lets all put in $5 to shiv him and anyone who helped him get special treatment TO A SPECIAL PRISON-- something is really wrong here -- I see bigwigs in our goverment -- maybe Bush and Cheney and many OTHERS that made money off this asshole and they should all burn

Let's see... Obama is trying to turn the USA into the USSA. He hasn't even proved to be a qualified candidate for the presidency. Show your birth certificate Obama!! A real one this time.

He is trying to abort the first amendment by trying to get rid of opposing opinions on public radio; He is trying to abort the 2nd amendment by taking away our guns; he is kowtowing to countries that don't deserve respect; he is spending money we don't have; he is trying to have socialized medicine; (ask other countries how that is working for them); what about his promise of not taxing the middle-class? He is turning this country into a socialist state;

He's a damn Muslim for crying out loud. The guy is a pussy.

IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!!

His name says it all. Bernie, burned the innocent, the greedy, the taxpayers, the politicians, the other countries, the naive, the family, the children, and every body got burned from Bernie. Wheather you know it or not you got burned by Bernie.

Madoff, Bernie made off with all the money. Sorry folks its the fact. Who is to blame? Be mad.