Madoff Beaten in Prison

Karma of the fast acting kind?

Madoff Beaten in Prison

This incident happened back in Dec. and has been denied. However, WSJ interviews with fellow convicts reveal..

Mr. Madoff was treated for a broken nose, fractured ribs and cuts to his head and face, according to a felon currently at Butner serving time on drug charges who was familiar with his condition at the time. The details of the injuries couldn't be independently verified.

Another inmate who recently was released from Butner after serving time on drug charges also confirmed the assault, as did a third person familiar with Mr. Madoff's situation.

The former inmate said the dispute centered on money the assailant thought he was owed by Mr. Madoff.

The current inmate said Mr. Madoff's assailant was a beefy man serving time for a drug conviction. The alleged assailant's mother said in an interview her son had not mentioned any scuffle with Mr. Madoff but that he had been a body builder and held a black belt in Judo until he was injured in a shooting in 2002. While behind bars he has regained strength and gotten back into shape, she said.

Ouch

But this isn't to say that Bernie hasn't found a few friends on the inside...

He described Mr. Madoff as discreet and select in the company he chose to keep behind bars.

The financier often dined with John Mancini, a 56-year-old pharmacist from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., who was sentenced for illegally distributing about five million tablets of the painkiller hydrocodone, the former inmate said. Mr. Mancini's attorney didn't return a call seeking comment.

Both inmates said Mr. Madoff also socialized with reputed Colombo crime-family boss Carmine Persico, whose attorney couldn't be reached.

Fellow prisoners say Mr. Madoff, who is Inmate No. 61727-054 at Butner, has garnered some respect from inmates because of the breadth of his Ponzi scheme

I guess birds of a feather do flock together.

I'm not sure whether to believe this story or not since almost everything in the media is lies. I'm not convinced that Madoff is really in jail at all

Meh, Prison rules. First time in and thinking you own the world, reality tends to hit hard.

Still, its probably better treatment than he would be getting on the outside.

Won't get no sympathy from me nor many...
You live high on the hog on other peoples money, and KARMIC debt comes back to bite your ass.
Boo hoo..
suck it up buttercup.

Horodowski, man who thought he owns Russia - and was jailed by Putin, was also badly beaten, but he get HIV also...

What a life nd destiny for those guys... from privat jets to prisons to get raped.

Originally posted by AccessDenied
suck it up buttercup.

I hear that's what his cellmate told him the first night in jail...

i'm all for giving the guy that beat him a medal

[edit on 20/3/2010 by Paladin327]

Finally, some good economic news

I wonder if Geitner will get equal treatment (if he goes) or everyone from Lehman, G/S and the canary in the coal mine, Allied