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Ruth Madoff was with a friend at California Pizza Kitchen, the East Side eatery. According to one witness, Ruth had just learned that her Ponzi-schemer hubby, Bernie Madoff, will be locked away in upstate Otisville, the prison his lawyer had requested. "I'm so glad! It's just what we wanted," she gushed to her dining companion.
Otisville is a medium security prison only 70 miles outside of New York.
Bernie's first choice was Otisville and his assignment is another indication he made a deal with the Feds before he was sentenced.
SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz's three-hour meeting with Bernie at the MMC a couple of weeks ago is a sign that Bernie agreed to cooperate on other matters of interest to the SEC. Bernie was on Wall Street for more than forty years and he knows where the bodies are buried.
As an aside, Ruth bubbling that Otisville "is just what we wanted" is more evidence she is standing by her man.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:40 PM Mrs Boro Parker Says:
I wish people would just lay-off Ruth Maddoff and I DO feel sorry for her.
I was not ripped off by Bernie Madoff (B"H I did not have any money to invest with him). But at the same time she has been found innocent on all accounts and she suffered enough. Imagine your husband of 50 years being carted off to jail and losing your home and everything.
CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR HUSBAND IN EVERYTHING HE DOES???? does she really have to suffer for his crimes.
As for otisville at least he will have a minyan there and perhaps Lipa will go sing for him from time to time....
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:31 PM Anonymous Says:
As a former inmate there let me tell u It aint a picnic there
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:09 PM why not Says:
Why shouldnt Ruth stand by her man? Wouldnt we expect the same from any married women?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:49 PM Anonymous Says:
“ As a former inmate there let me tell u It aint a picnic there ”
i too can say that ottisville aint no picnic- certainly not what it used to be, but for a shomer shabbos v'kashrus it- the best they got.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:55 PM Just Appreciate Says:
Isnt it funny how all of a sudden an prison upgrade makes a person happy?
Why wasnt he happy with a roof over his head and food on the table?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:13 PM Anonymous Says:
“ As a former inmate there let me tell u It aint a picnic there ”
It may not be a picnic, but the judge first refused him. Why the change?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:13 PM Anonymous Says:
“ As a former inmate there let me tell u It aint a picnic there ”
It may not be a picnic, but the judge first refused him. Why the change?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:32 PM na nach Says:
“ As a former inmate there let me tell u It aint a picnic there ”
plz explain if you can.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:22 PM Anonymous Says:
Who gives a damn where he goes the next stop is Hell.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:21 PM Lebediger Says:
now we have to remember he hated chassidishe people
don't feel bad for him
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:44 PM Anonymous Says:
“ It may not be a picnic, but the judge first refused him. Why the change? ”
“ It may not be a picnic, but the judge first refused him. Why the change? ”
The Judge did not refuse to send him there, he refused to make a recommendation, and said let the Department of Corrections make the decision.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:43 PM Rachel Says:
I agree with #1... There's no way Bernie let his wife in on his snowballing scheme. It was enough that he was tormented by what lay ahead. First, she would have had a hard time keeping it to herself - something he couldn't chance, 2nd, why cause her sleepless nights. So, like Mrs. Boro Parker says, the missus has enough on her plate, and plenty of people almost as angry with her as with her hubby. She ain't livin' the life of Riley anymore -- no need to get vicious. (Plenty of us have no clue as to what our husbands are up to when they're not in our presence. We just trust them and believe they're behaving. They better be!!!)
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:42 PM Anonymous Says:
Do you actually expect a picnic in prison?!!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:55 PM Anonymous Says:
It's a good choice. why should tax money go to putting him in a maximum security prison, when he is not a violent inmate.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:45 PM Anonymous Says:
“ It's a good choice. why should tax money go to putting him in a maximum security prison, when he is not a violent inmate. ”
then he suffers more, with more retards around him.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:39 PM esther Says:
“ now we have to remember he hated chassidishe people
don't feel bad for him ”
that's why we shouldn't feel bad for him?what kind of twisted thinking is that?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:18 PM Anonymous Says:
I think there is only one Hassidic guy there now, the others were transfered to Fort Dix NJ
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:17 PM Anonymous Says:
There is no minyan there, only at the camp they have a minyan.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:16 PM cool masmid Says:
“ I wish people would just lay-off Ruth Maddoff and I DO feel sorry for her.
I was not ripped off by Bernie Madoff (B"H I did not have any money to invest with him). But at the same time she has been found innocent on all accounts and she suffered enough. Imagine your husband of 50 years being carted off to jail and losing your home and everything.
CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR HUSBAND IN EVERYTHING HE DOES???? does she really have to suffer for his crimes.
As for otisville at least he will have a minyan there and perhaps Lipa will go sing for him from time to time.... ”
Yeh..... maybe Lipa will sing 'Gelt'
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:15 PM Anonymous Says:
He's not going to the Oatisville camp he's going to the prison there, and the Rabbi there aint a big help, he will let him know that he belongs in prison.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:20 PM Dovid Says:
Kotz is also a frum yid, who lives in Silver Spring.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM Anonymous Says:
I'm crying
I understand that he did something very bad and he deserves the punishment
But are we better?
R we doing every think that god told us to do?
Every buddy makes mistakes. He also did and he needs to be punished but my heart hurts for him. He will be there for the rest of his life.
When I have to punish my son I will do it but it will hurt me.
Nebech Barney
I feel bad for you.
I hope after this he will go strait to Gan Eden.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:52 PM Milhouse Says:
“ Why shouldnt Ruth stand by her man? Wouldnt we expect the same from any married women? ”
Not really. Al pi din she'd be entitled to a get if she wanted one.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM Anonymous Says:
Yidden wake up! we represent 1/5th of 1% of the world population, 1 in 5 Nobel Prize winners is Jewish, thats 20% But we are under a microscope to the rest of the world in everything we do. No group with such an insignificant population attracts more press coverage. Let us remeber to do a Kiddish Hashem in everything we do. That means everything, driving, parking and just saying please & thank you to the goyim.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 06:57 AM ShatzMatz Says:
First of all I am surprised Ruth still has a friend willing to be seen with her in public. Second of all Ruth deserves everything that has befallen her. The lifestyle she lead when she has money was so over the top that it's nausiating. It is beyond belief. Well, it turns out it was all hot air. So now she is living the lifestyle she should have been leading all the years. Poor Ruth has to survive on $2.5 million.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 06:33 AM Anonymous Says:
Why didn't he request for the FL prison? that is supposed to be the best,and side point its warmer there.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 07:20 AM Anonymous Says:
the sad thing about this post is that so many of the posters are famiiar with prison! what is happening to our jewish world? we have sunk so low.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 05:43 AM ubet Says:
First of all # 19 you are very funny. Gelt is the right song, however he doesn't deserve any entertainment!!!! In my humble opinion he deserves hard labor. Look at how many lives he destroyed. Let's forget the people that killed themselves over the loss of all their money. He IS a murderer! Just because he didn'y actually kill him woth his own hands, he's still guilty.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 03:30 AM Anonymous Says:
Who is the Rabbi in Otisville?
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Jul 13, 2009 at 08:19 AM Victor S. Says:
I'm very sorry folks, but as an upright citizen I always say if you do the crime you do the time!
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Jul 13, 2009 at 09:13 AM Ruchel Says:
I agree, Criminal minds have to think that the consequence will be brutal, sometimes its a direct act of hashem and sometimes in thru a messenger like last week parsha with pinchus
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Jul 13, 2009 at 09:57 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Why didn't he request for the FL prison? that is supposed to be the best,and side point its warmer there. ”
are u speaking from personal experience?
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Jul 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM Abba Says:
As a asken in the community, its heartbreaking to watch the family of the convicted criminal, the parents ,the wife, the kids, they are all helpless the justice and correction system do their jobs,there is no rachmonis . All the money in the world does not pay the cost to the health of the family of the convict,like the chofets chaim said dont cry after the facts when its to late , you should have cried before hand .
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Jul 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM Sol Says:
Folks,wifes ,kids,parents or freinds if you are aware of a criminal act or even grey acts that is not kosher and if caught by the law the results will be terrible then please cry beforhand to your close kinships to stop what they are doing Cry to them not to jeopardize the family and if your cries dont help go to a rav and beg for help to stop the criminal acts of a loved one, lets cry before hand not after the facts when its to late
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Jul 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM Shaindy Says:
Yes the family is always the one that ends up suffering the embarassment . The questions of people to the family are always the same like Why didnt the family do something to stop the convict of perpetrating the crime? like they had a choice or the convict would have listen to their voices ,lets remember a criminal will not listen to his wife his parents or his friends if he is out to do something bad its usually done with a vengence ,So the oilem shouldnt ask questions of the family its not the family"s fault. the family is a innocent bystander as everone else is
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Jul 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM Joe Says:
as an ex inmate I never realized how much a stranger and the community could show so much love to me. You all looked beyond the bad and the ugly. You all looked beyond the crimes that I had done . I felt so bad for my family but it was to late nothing that i have been able to undo what bad I have done . I am a changed person now and I will never commit a criminal act ever. Tsuvah changes people. But my advise is dont commit crimes it doesnt pay
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Jul 13, 2009 at 11:42 AM Milhouse Says:
“ i too can say that ottisville aint no picnic- certainly not what it used to be, but for a shomer shabbos v'kashrus it- the best they got. ”
But he's not one, so why would he want davka to go there?
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Jul 13, 2009 at 02:15 PM Tzaddikfromshtetl Says:
“ Kotz is also a frum yid, who lives in Silver Spring. ”
Why is Kotz there? I know him.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 03:14 PM Milhouse Says:
“ Why is Kotz there? I know him. ”
Why is he where?
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Jul 13, 2009 at 03:36 PM Dovid Says:
Kotz is the SEC Inspector General, so he has been speaking with Madoff. I'm sure his shul and his kid's yeshivas lost plenty to Madoff somehow. I think his kids were in the other yeshiva, not Jack Abramoff's.
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Jul 14, 2009 at 02:31 PM Anonymous Says:
I don't feel sorry for Madoff. I ache for his family. I've been through this experience with my youngest son who was also in the financial industry. We are grateful every day that he returned home safe and in good spirts after completing a short sentence in a satellite camp. He was productive with his time, maintained a blog site and even wrote a book!