So Bernie gets his free place in a secure retirement home, but where is the money. Perhaps the feds should start digging on Mt Sion?

Fred .... a small part of your post is correct, but overall you still fail to grasp the point i have made on 2/3 occasions here.

Madoff's plausibility came through his very successful and legitimate business background of setting up one of the most successful MM businesses in USA and also through being non-exec chairman of Nasdaq

that Madoff was jewish was pretty much irrelevant, other than it opened doors for him in the jewish community, who of course were far from being the only victims.

how and why SEC chose to ignore all the evidence put before them (perhaps) 10 years ago remains to be exposed, though i am sure it will be in due course

==============

overall, i wonder if Madoff was really the most successful con man the world has ever seen.

The South Sea Company, admittedly a corporation, would surely have made him look an amateur in financial terms, and for sheer audacity, the likes of Gregor MacGregor and Victor Lustig, to name just two, could probably have taught Madoff a thing or two.

The Pope met with his Cardinals to discuss a proposal from Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel.

"Your Holiness", said one of his Cardinals, Mr. Netanyahu wants to challenge you to a game of golf to show the friendship and ecumenical spirit shared by the Jewish and Catholic faiths."

The Pope thought this was a good idea, but he had never held a golf club in his hand. "Don't we have a Cardinal
to represent me?" he asked.

"None that plays very well," a Cardinal replied. "But," he added, "there is a man named Jack Nicklaus, an American golfer who is a devout Catholic. We can offer to make him a Cardinal, then ask him to play Mr. Netanyahu as your personal representative. In addition,
to showing our spirit of cooperation, we'll also win the match."

Everyone agreed it was a good idea. The call was made. Of course, Nicklaus was honored and agreed to play. The day after the match, Nicklaus reported to the Vatican to inform the Pope of the result. "I have some good news and some bad news, your Holiness," said the
golfer.

"Tell me the good news first, Cardinal
Nicklaus," said the Pope.

"Well, your Holiness, I don't like to brag, but even though I've played some pretty terrific rounds of golf in my life, this was the best I have ever played, by far. I must've been inspired from above. My drives were long and true, my irons were accurate and purposeful, and my putting was perfect. With all due respect, my play was truly miraculous.

"There's bad news?", the Pope asked.

"Yes," Nicklaus sighed. "I lost to Rabbi Tiger Woods by three strokes."

And another to lighten the mood.................

A mortician was working late one night. It was his job to examine the dead bodies before they were sent off to be buried or cremated.


As he examined the body of Mr. Schwartz, who was about to be cremated, he made an amazing discovery: Schwartz had the longest private part he had ever Seen!

"I'm sorry Mr. Schwartz," said the mortician, "But I can't send you off to be cremated with a tremendously huge private part like this. It has to be saved for posterity." And with that the coroner used his tools to remove the dead man's schlong.

The coroner stuffed his prize into a briefcase and took it home. The first person he showed was his wife. "I have something to show you that you won't believe," he said, and opened his briefcase.

"Oh my God!" she screamed, "Schwartz is dead!"

I cant stop finding them now, but this is good one..................

The madam of a brothel answered the ring of the bell and, on opening the door, she found standing there on the threshold, an ancient, bearded gentleman in rabbi's garb.
"May I come in?" asked the rabbi gently in an aged, quavering voice.
Feeling a little confused, the madam said, "But rabbi, surely you must be in the wrong place. Here is where we--"
"I know what you do here," interrupted the rabbi. "You don't think I came here for chopped liver, do you? Bring on the girls."
Still confused, but understanding her professional duties, the madam had several of her girls line up for the rabbi. The rabbi tottered from one girl to another until he reached Rosie, a large redhead with enormous breasts. He looked at her with appreciation and pointed, "Good! I'll take those."
The rabbi paid out the necessary money and Rosie led him upstairs. She helped him off with his coat and hung it up carefully on the nail on the door. Then she helped him off with the rest of his clothes and got into bed. There, to Rosie's astonishment, the rabbi performed with an adroitness and a skill that was unbelievable. In fact, Rosie, a hardened professional, found herself surprised into orgasm.
As they lay in bed a few minutes afterwards, relaxing, Rosie said, "How old are you, rabbi?" The rabbi said, "God has been good to me. I am eighty-eight years old." "That is certainly amazing. Listen, rabbi, if you're ever in the neighbourhood again and if you should feel in the mood, please ask for me--Rosie. I would be delighted to oblige you." The rabbi said, with a certain hauteur, "What do you mean, if I should be in the mood again? Let me sleep for five minutes right now and, believe me, I will be in the mood again." Really, rabbi? Then please take a nap."
The rabbi adjusted himself into a relaxed position, face up, placed his arms across his chest and then said, "Wait one minute. This is important. While I'm asleep, scoop up my testicles with your right hand and hold them an inch above the sheet, without moving them. Keep them absolutely motionless."
Of course, rabbi," said Rosie, and did as she was told, holding the rabbi's testicles free of the sheet for five minutes as the rabbi slept. Then he woke with a start and said, "I'm ready." And so he was, for to Rosie's delight he was even better the second time than the first.
As she lay panting, Rosie said, "It was wonderful, rabbi, but one thing I don't understand. Why was it necessary to hold your testicles motionless above the sheet while you were sleeping?" "Oh that," said the rabbi. "Well, you are a nice girl and I like you very much. Still, the truth is I don't know you very well, and over there, in my coat, hanging on the hook on the door, is a thousand pounds in cash."

And my favourite one, a bit off thread I admit.....................

Somebody's seen my game

It was a sunny morning, a little before 8:00 AM, on the first hole of a busy course, and I was beginning my pre-shot routine, visualizing my upcoming shot when a piercing voice came over the clubhouse loudspeaker:

"Would the gentleman on the women's tee please back up to the men's tee, please?"

I could feel every eye on the course looking at me. I was still deep in my routine, seemingly impervious to the interruption.

Again the announcement: "Would the man on the women's tee please back up to the men's tee, please!"

I simply ignored the guy and kept concentrating, when once more the man yelled, "Would the man on the women's tee please back up to the men's tee, please!"

I finally stopped, turned, cupped my hands and shouted back....

"Would the asshole with the microphone kindly keep quiet and let me play my second shot?!"

cynic you are of course entitled to your view of Madoff, however it has become quite apparent from interviews with his jewish victims that they would not have invested their savings with his firm had he not been a jew.

in that respect, i would possibly or even probably not disagree with you, especially with regard to the "moms and pops".
however, had Madoff been of a different persuasion or similar, he would assuredly have been just as successful a swindler, though the victims would (generally) have been different - which is the point i have been trying to make from the off

and of course, had SEC not been so willfully purblind to factual evidence, they would have acted years ago

The inevitable accusations — and perhaps criminal charges — against his co-conspirators, and particularly his family, are sure to continue. And another troubling aspect of the Madoff fraud has emerged in the past few weeks. It is now being alleged that certain charitable foundations and individuals on the whole reaped profits in the millions, if not billions of dollars, from Mr. Madoff’s misdeeds

They should be made to give it back, but I doubt any Jewish controlled fund would do that.

just behave yourself!
what difference would it make if it is a jewish or a pantheistic or totally secular charity?

in fact, what i think you have picked up on is the rumour that people who cashed in their investments - and there were inevitably an awful lot of them over the years - will be compelled to repay all profits thus made, even though they are and were innocent of misdeed or prior knowledge of the fraudulent nature of the "investment fund".

to my mind, that would be completely and utterly unjust - but an interesting point of law.

i am sure someone on here will know the UK law surrounding such things, assuming the same applies to the innocent acquisition and sale of stolen goods, always assuming reasonable precautions were taken to establish initial provenance

Do not give me orders you arrogent git

oh dear oh dear oh dear.
little temper tantrums ...... time you were sent to your room until you recovered your manners

answering simple questions would of course be beyond your mental capacity

Brave warrior behing your keyboard,

Why has anti-Semitism been so pervasive in so many countries, in so many time periods and for so many reasons? (One begins to wonder. Perhaps there is something wrong with the Jews and Judaism? After all, there is an old Yiddish saying -- "If one person calls you a donkey, ignore him; if two people call you a donkey, buy a saddle.")

i would more than happily say the same to your face.

in fact, though the jews have indeed been persecuted across the centuries, there's been plenty of evil and worse perpetrated against christians, cathars, catholics, muslims and many many others, all masquerading as being in the name of "the true faith".

and then of course there are a myriad examples of actual or attempted genocide even within the last century, and not necessarily with any obvious "justification"

That would be a big mistake on your part.

ooh dear ...... is your daddy bigger than mine then, or do you have a brigade of quasi brownshirts on call? ...... def quaking in my boots

Lighten up folks.love in a peaceful World.listen.I could rip Madoffs throat outhe has wrecked innocent peoples livesI dont care about his race or religionhe is a bad guytoo many here categorisingIm an angelmy neighbour five mile away was a terrorist.opps just embarrassed Jeff lol

quite right tabby, but some here feel they have to apply identifiable labels, so just being "bad guy" does not suit their criteria

cynic being jewish is no more an idenifiable label than being muslim, hindu or christian, you are delibeerately trying to cloud the issue that Madoff is the worst kind of conman by using his religion to steal from as you say the "moms and pops" who trusted him because he is a jew. If only he could be persuaded by his fellow jews to disclose where he has hidden the money he stole.

They should crucify the thieving bastard, and his family should be jailed for life, or at least sent to live in Palestein