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So now she is left with a mere $2.5 million - until the bankruptcy court and the civil suits get to her.

She, her two sons, and a bunch of Madoff employees, plus those leeches who ran the feeder funds, should all go to jail since they either knew what was going on or are too stupid to be wandering around.

that's a shame.

/not

Follow the money. She knows who got what and will be seeking for a cut. Meanwhile, the bag lady can make some extra bread by renting Ruthie her stylish (her words) Palm Beach trailer.

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Aawww poor wittle Ruthie lost her home...

Trust me she knows where the money is...

What I'd like to know is why they haven't arrested, charged, tried and convicted ALL employees and family members who profited from this scheme?

They all deserve life in a super max facility not club fed!

She made a deal with the fed to keep 2.5 million and not go to jail. It's a pretty good deal, I must said. If invest WISELY, she may have a decent retirement. Not thing can be further from truth for a lot of people who invested with them. They are not going to get their second chance. Life is not fair.

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So where did Ruthie go?

She can come bunk with me. For a million bucks.

If the United States is going to use Torture...These are the people we should use the tactics on!

What goes around, comes around.

I want a spoon.

It is possible Madoff never expected to get caught.

It was only because of the crash, that these ponzi schemes began to collapse, and it is possible he told his sons, knowing they would turn him in, so that he could be physically protected from angry investors before the ponzi scheme's enormity was discovered.

If SEC couldn't figure it out, it is possible Ruth and her sons couldn't either without Madoff's help.

Madoff appeared to have the scheme separated from everything else, on one floor, being "run" by old equipment, possibly so that the timing could not be detected.

The finite scheme possibly appeared to grow into an infinite scheme, in Madoff's eyes, which of course would have been impossible and sooner or later the scheme would collapse but possibly not while he was still alive.

Given he possibly has 13 years left of life expectancy, and considering this scheme may have gone on for decades without detection, even though there were crashes before, it is possible, he may have thought he would die before the scheme collapsed.

It is possible the derivative market went haywire due to the war, sorry two wars, resulting in incredible volatile oil prices and combined with random biddings on future failures through shorting and what have yous, possibly during midnight trades, possibly feeding the humongous bubble until like all bubble do, it was so inflated it had to burst, and it possibly made the big burst quicker than anyone really expected it too.

Madoff possibly wasn't counting on such a big crash and when he saw it coming he gave himself up to his sons.

He technically didn't get caught, and according to the story, he revealed the scheme to his sons.

I think it is believable, without new evidence to show otherwise, he may have thought the scheme could continue til he died, so he didn't tell anyone.

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Gee, and she cannot even call on family or friends! Poor, old lady. What will she do?

According to a recently released Bio of Bernie Madoff, written by Jerry Oppenheimer) Bernie Madoff has been a con-man, thief and liar since he was first recognized as such in Middle School. Considering the mans age, what, seventy-nine, that is a long life of crime before getting caught. I find that amazing but I also r ealize that the world is full of this type of person.