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I'm kind of surprised he lasted as long as he did. A lot of powerful people were very upset with him.

His associate was not so lucky:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33472579

Madoff business associate drowns in his pool
Jeffry Picower, a Florida philanthropist alleged to have extracted billions from Bernard Madoff's investment scheme, drowned in his pool Sunday, police said.

Uh huh, an accident, I see. And they want me to believe that Epstein killed himself too.

I have a friend here who is a widow.
Her husband lost mega bucks from Madoff.

The story is not quite so simple; “You can’t cheat an honest man.” Her husband was not a NYC Sanitation employee, rather a professional.

She’s constantly worried about money now; I don’t know if he bought life insurance, she was his second wife and his children were adults.

I think all of Madoff's investors were very well aware he was a sleazy scammer. They were fine with that, because they all thought he was cheating other people.

Patrick says

I think all of Madoff's investors were very well aware he was a sleazy scammer. They were fine with that, because they all thought he was cheating other people.

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Kind of the definition of the Ponzi scheme. Get out from the top of the pyramid with your ill gotten gains before it collapses.