Last nite Bernie Madoff's son hung himself in his Manhatten apartment. He and his brother were under investigation into their father's embezzlement scheme
I've lost track where is Bernie Madoff now? Per the link below, "Bernard Madoff swindled a long list of investors out of billions of dollars and is serving a 150-year prison term in North Carolina. "
"Oh dear, how sad, that boy must have felt so alone and helpless. "
That boy was 46 years old and under investigation, along with his brothers, of using $66 million that was taken from the life savings accounts of people they and their Father were supposed to be "helping".
I agree with most said perhaps this will enable Bernie to suffer a little and have some remorse
I'm reminded that "Although local and state authorities had been trying to bring down Capone for years, the federal government finally managed to do it by prosecuting him for income-tax evasion." so you never know
All the money Bernie made. But, he sacrificed everything else. And, for what? It's all gone.
Oh my, oh my - ALL that money was made by stealing it from his clients in the largest Ponzi scheme in American history. You don't get 150 years for running a stop sign.
Yes, there sure is a way the sons could NOT have been involved. How about the other few hundred employees? Is the KT judge and jury against them as well?
I feel particularly sad for the entire family, especially the surviving wife and children.
I thought it was the sons who blew the whistle on their father?
From the link I posted above, "He was arrested on Dec. 11, 2008, after confessing his crimes to his family. Madoff's sons, according to the family's attorneys, were the ones who turned him in. "
Could they have thrown him under the train in the hopes of saving themselves?
Hmmm, if the sons truly were not involved this is a terrible fate for this man and his young family. Apparently his wife had petitioned to change her and the children's last names because of threats. It is another tragic consequence of the sins of the father. I don't know how anyone in their right mind could hang themselves while their two year old slept down the hall. I hope that child didn't see that.
I read that he sent a message to his wife, who was in Florida with their other child, that she should have someone check on their little son.
She was alarmed at this and called for help. Their toddler was still asleep in another room when his dad was found, so he didn't see what happened.
From what I read it doesn't look like Bernie Madoff's sons were "in on" his scheme originally, although they may have suspected something was fishy and did profit from the money.
Bernie told both sons about what he had done shortly before the police arrested him, and they shared with police and the court what their father had said about his crimes.
Whatever our opinions about what happened, this is a tragedy. My thoughts go out to his loved ones.
"I don't know how anyone in their right mind could hang themselves while their two year old slept down the hall."
People who commit suicide are not thinking rationally...
His name was Mark Madoff, he was more then Bernie Madoff's son. He was also a husband and a father. Was he a good person-I don't know, but it is a sad state of affairs for all involved.
It saddens me to think that anyone, other than the lowest of humanity, feels they must take their own life. Some folks are fortunate and have not ever been touched by suicide, some are able to feel compassion for others.
I should have mentioned that this adult male gets no respect from me......I feel bad that he felt the need to kill himself, but it sickens me that he was so thoughtless that he did it in an apartment with his two year old asleep. Can you imagine the emotional damage it would have cause that poor child if he woke up and found his Dad.......It sure takes away a lot of the sympathy I would have had for him.
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