crook Madoff given ethics lesson by thieves
Agence France-Presse | 01/02/2009 10:16 PM
WASHINGTON – Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, accused of
masterminding a massive investment fraud, has been handed an
ethics lesson by thieves who stole a statue from his Florida
mansion, and promptly returned it, according to local press.
Robbers who swiped a 10,000-dollar statue from Madoff's estate
near Palm Beach, Florida on December 22, dropped it off at a
nearby country club where Madoff was a member, signing the return
"The Educators."
Hanging from the four-foot (1.2 meter) statue, which depicts two
lifeguards sitting on a raised stand, was a note, reported the
Palm Beach Post.
"Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return Stolen Property to rightful
owners. Signed by - The Educators," the note said.
The statue was not damaged and police are continuing their
investigation of the robbery, said the daily.
Madoff, 70, is under house arrest in his Manhattan apartment on a
10-million-dollar bail.
He is so far the only person charged in an alleged
50-billion-dollar Ponzi, or pyramid scheme in which major banks,
ultra-wealthy private investors, universities, charities and
Jewish organizations were among the victims.
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