This is how the rich do it

topic posted Sat, July 4, 2009 - 6:05 PM by  B
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Bernard Madoff has hired a veteran prison consultant to help him to find the best possible jail in which to serve his 150-year sentence for Wall Street’s biggest fraud.

After his sentencing this week Madoff, now Prisoner No 1727-054, met Herb Hoelter, of the National Centre for Institutions and Alternatives, whose previous clients include the jailed Sotheby’s chairman Alfred Taubman and the financiers Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky.

The draconian maximum sentence imposed by the judge means that Madoff, 71, will be assigned to a tougher category of prison than most white-collar criminals.

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www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...3809.ece
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  • Re: This is how the rich do it

    Sat, July 4, 2009 - 8:41 PM
    Seems that a smart guy like Bernie would have thought of that BEFORE they sentenced him to 150 years in prison . . .
    • Re: This is how the rich do it

      Sun, July 5, 2009 - 4:11 AM
      you can't really pierce the psychopath's logic. it's not a thing for us to understand. we just have to remember that look in his eyes as things were proceeding, while he was still insisting on his own intractable goodness and honor, to recall that we don't have the tools to understand this man's reasoning.

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