Comments on: Murder on the Madoff Express?

By: Jinjirrie

Jinjirrie — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:43:32 +0000

Another Madoff link, this time in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25bernie.html?_r=1

By: Jinjirrie

Jinjirrie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:43:55 +0000

This link just popped up in the twitterverse:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c34_1231189423

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:11:18 +0000

Of course it’s a con. Madoff lost billions ( like almost all other hedge funds )
and most of these are not going to get their money back. Madoff sends the money to Israel, or what’s left of it, ( through the Israel Discount Bank) and the multi-billion dollar funds with offices in Israel can get what’s left of their money through Israel offices, and also get compensated by the U.S. tax-payer. Sweet.
Madoff goes to a country club prison for 10 years, he will be let out in 2, he’s 70 so he is nearing retirement now anyway. Good get-away vacation for him. Write his memoirs, maybe a book ( to give to his sons, don’t you see..no compensation for crimals ) , come out of the Country club confinement, and get some of the stash put in Israel. All along, he is a hero to the Hebrew tribe.

By: A Few Observations | Twelfth Bough

A Few Observations | Twelfth Bough — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:16:43 +0000

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By: Kingsley Smith

Kingsley Smith — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:27:43 +0000

Son of a low ranking army man gets baptised at Winchester Cathedral? I’m not sure which of these stories is more believable!

By: Goliaths Curse

Goliaths Curse — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:48:43 +0000

Nice, but it’s all probably just a diversion from more important issues. Madoff is the Jack Ruby of today. A fall guy. Only he, without a doubt, is not the only one in high level society carrying out this sort of thing, for where there is smoke, there is fire. But still a patsy, none the less.

The powers that be gave him an ultimatum, the other being dead. But then one never really knows how these people work together. These people make any mafia look like boyscouts.

By: Jinjirrie

Jinjirrie — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:38:54 +0000

Offshore tax havens used by Madoff are under scrutiny … http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/28/bernard-madoff-fraud-investigation-offshore

“Sources close to the investigation said forensic accountants examining Madoff’s books believed he had regularly sent large sums of money to offshore accounts in the Caribbean and Europe.”

By: Syd Walker

Syd Walker — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:36:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment Neil. My ‘information’ about Rafiq’s background was second hand and may well be inaccurate. Apologies to all concerned if it was incorrect (not that it significantly affects the article, IMO)

By: neil turner

neil turner — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:16:46 +0000

For the record I have known Rafiq for 15/20 years. Mohammed Rafiq was a banker but is not a Jewish convert to Islam. In fact he was baptised at Winchester Cathedral when he was a kid.

Neither is he from a line of bankers. His father was an army man of the lower ranks.

By: Stilgherrian · Links for 22 December 2008 through 27 December 2008

Stilgherrian · Links for 22 December 2008 through 27 December 2008 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:04:27 +0000

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