Ponzi Scheme Bernie Madoff's Son Commits Suicide

PasturesNew

Mark Madoff found hanged in his SoHo apartment as lawsuit sought recompense for Wall Street scam that earned his father 150-year jail term

The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was found hanged in his New York apartment yesterday on the second anniversary of the billionaire investment manager's arrest for the biggest swindle in Wall Street history.
The body of Mark Madoff, 46, was discovered by his father-in-law, according to police, who said the emergency services were called to the SoHo apartment just before 7.30am. Madoff was hanging from a dog lead secured to a pipe in the living room. His two-year-old son was asleep in an adjoining bedroom.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/12/mark-bernard-madoff-suicide

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE

Sorry I thought this was a hosing forum.

PasturesNew

Title: "... and the Economy".

The Ponzi of 2008 was a piece of the jigsaw; maybe only a blue sky piece ... but part of the jigsaw anyway, so some will be interested in this.

Just not you.

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE

Someone has committed suicide, it's hardly a reason to gloat. Otherwise why not add your sympathies to the victim and his family?

Despicable thread.

PasturesNew

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE wrote: »

Someone has committed suicide, it's hardly a reason to gloat. Otherwise why not add your sympathies to the victim and his family?

Despicable thread.

Nobody's gloating. You are an oddball, you really are.

Idiot.

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE

You're the one signing yourself of as "Idiot", you idiot.

'nuff said.

mbga9pgf

Madoff was hanging from a dog lead secured to a pipe in the living room.

Very Kinky!

How long before we start to hear conspiracy theories from the NWO brigade?

matbe

mbga9pgf wrote: »

Very Kinky!

How long before we start to hear conspiracy theories from the NWO brigade?

Not long here goes....

Would you hang yourself in the next room to your sleeping 2 year old ?

Generali

It must be a hell of a shock to discover that your wildly successful Dad that was feted by the rich and powerful was just a common thief.

I feel sorry for his family. A friend found his wife had hanged herself successfully (it was well planned, not something that had gone wrong). Horrible for him and it was terrible for her to end up in such a desperate state.

Damaged

Why do people actually care if this guy has committed suicide, you have no links to him whats so ever.
Why is there not a thread relating to the civilian deaths caused by uk forces in afghanistan?

Cleaver

Damaged wrote: »

Why do people actually care if this guy has committed suicide, you have no links to him whats so ever.
Why is there not a thread relating to the civilian deaths caused by uk forces in afghanistan?

Because this person's suicide is directly linked to one of the biggest financial stories of the past few years and this is a financial and economics discussion board (well, it's meant to be anyway).

I'm sure there's a wealth of discussion to be had on civilian deaths in Afghanistan, just not on an economics discussion board.

Hope that's helped.