The Spoils of Crime

June 27, 2009 | Category: 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. No Rest for (the Wife of) the Wicked : Payam’s Place
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    [...] 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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