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Crooked Financier Madoff 'dying'

25th August 2009

Crooked financier Bernard Madoff is dying of cancer, it was reported.

The convicted fraudster told inmates at his North Carolina prison that he does not have long to live, according to the New York Post.

Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence for masterminding a massive "Ponzi" pyramid scheme that swindled investors out of billions of dollars.

In June, the 71-year-old was ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars after admitting 11 charges of fraud, perjury and false reporting relating to the 65 billion dollar (£40 billion) scam.

It resulted in him having to exchange his upmarket Manhattan apartment for a cell in a federal prison.

The New York Post quoted a fellow inmate as stating Madoff is on 20 pills a day while battling the illness.

"He talks about it all the time. He's not doing very well," the unnamed source told the newspaper.

Rumours have previously circulated concerning Madoff's health, with suggestions that he has been fighting pancreatic cancer over the last few months.

Madoff's lawyer Daniel Horowitz did not immediately respond to phone calls regarding the state of his client's health.

Source; news.uk.msn.com

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Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
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Perhaps Kenny MacAskill could step in?

Why the SNP should never gain independance.

Strange, what you mention is probably the only time, ever, I've agreed with the Scottish Government.

CC

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Why do the yanks give you ridiculous sentences like 150 years??? when your very lucky if you reach 100, have they something to keep you alive until you complete it???

It's better than ours when we give life but don't mean it

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When you get life with ours your out in 10-14 years. Bring the 150 year rule over here.

Yeah a better system would be to shoot them, and their relatives, and the relatives of the victim.

Until someone can come up with a better system, ours is one of rehabilitation.....as sad as that is.

To have a state that says its against murder, then murders people is a tad ironic, dont you think?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I take it you are referring to the USA with their death penalty. I would just like to see people justly locked up for life without parole if the crime they commit warrants it

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!