Saturday 12 December 2009

MADOFF’S NEW BUDDIES…. (OR PRISON MAKES FOR STRANGE BEDFELLOWS)

December 12, 2009 at 10:31 am (Crime, From The Media)






Jonathan Pollard, left, and Bernard Madoff.
(Reuters/AP)



Bernard Madoff chats up prison-mate Jonathan Pollard


Bernard Madoff, who engineered the largest Ponzi scheme in history which bilked investors for some $19 billion, has adjusted to life behind bars by chatting up, among others, prison-mate Jonathan Pollard, according to the Wall Street Journal.


Like all inmates, Madoff wakes up at 6 A.M. and reports for work by 7:30. The jobs in prison include groundskeeper, plumber, or kitchen crew, while salaries range from 12 cents to $1.15 per hour, according to the Journal.


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