The Spoils of Crime

On June 27, 2009, in General, Primordial Soup, by Payam

Ruth Madoff forfeits asset claims, left with $2.5 million | Reuters

$2.5 million is not a bad take at all for suffering through decades of lavish living at the clients’ expense. One wonders why someone how has absolutely no bargaining power vis a vis the prosecution of a confessed criminal is granted such a healthy settlement when a huge number of the defrauded clients are left with absolutely nothing.

The soup thickens, indeed.

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1 Response » to “The Spoils of Crime”

  1. [...] I said as much a while back, and it seems as if one of the trustees of Madoff’s victims seems to agree. [...]

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