• 15 Jan 2009 at 2:19 PM

The Secret To Bernie Madoff’s Success

By Bess Levin

Picture 587.pngTake note, aspiring Ponz. Masters:

She is more outgoing and warmer than her husband, business associates say, freeing Mr. Madoff to play the avuncular wizard. And that is just part of the role she has played in the success of Madoff Investment Securities. Her mere presence helped make Mr. Madoff the most reassuring of archetypes, the devoted husband, which had a way of pre-empting questions about his integrity.
“Look, I’m an ex-litigator and I can usually smell a crook a mile away,” says Frederick Adler, a Palm Beach entrepreneur who invested a modest sum with Mr. Madoff in the ’90s and withdrew the money when he pulled out of stocks altogether during the tech bubble in 2000. “But I didn’t get any odor from him, and I’m sure she helped. He’s got this pleasant, sweet wife of 30 or 40 years. Not some young chick. It somehow added to his credibility.”

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Comments (31)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    I understand now:
    1. Wed cryptkeeper
    2. Set up Ponzi scheme
    3. ???
    4. Profit

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    Uno

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Cheap ass.
    http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Lewis&fname=Kenneth+D+Mrs.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Too Bride of Chucky, didn’t read

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    I bet they both smell like old people and cheese.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Did DB do an opinion poll to see if Mrs. MadeOff was in on the scam?

  7. 7
    Posted by Anal_yst | January 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    @5
    So what you’re saying, if I’m following you, is that the old people, in fact, smell like old people?
    I’m shocked at this discovery, really.

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    She should be forced to sell advertising space on her forehead, and all proceeds should be used to reimburse the victims.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Are they Canadian?

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Marlboro Lights? So prole.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    I like the pack of Marlboro 10000s on the table for some reason.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    by the way BESS Or equity did you see the Evening NEW on NBC last nite as Brian Williams was interviewing CNBC Host NYSE Traders were drinking cocktails in the background and Make a hell lot of noise to annoyance of Brian williams. I found this Ironincal
    Look for the Video it is very sad that NYSE is balling while Brian is crying for the meltdown
    madeoff for Treasury!

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    She’s an ugly over botox’d wench.

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    Fred Adler should watch his comments, unless he’s really sure of the def of clawback.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    I wonder when the last time Mrs Madoff had sex was?

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:53 PM

    She’s doing Bernie at the moment. Ankle bracelet fits in somehow.

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    @12 – when you get to 11th grade, they will teach you that “Ironical” is not a word.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    @17 when you take your ESL course, you will learn about sarcasm

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:01 PM

    It’s the f-ing Catalina Wine Mixer!!!!

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    @18 – You’re saying that the definition of sarcasm now includes “writing like a dumbass with run-on sentences, rAndom Capitalization, improper tenses, non-words and intermittent punctuation?”
    Hmm – good to know.

  21. 21
    Posted by Clown Capital | January 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    @15
    FYI, Lucifer doesn’t have male or female genitalia. His alleged progeny are in fact protective Lycans. That’s why no one can get to him.

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    looks like #12 could use an ESL course…

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    What is Bernie pulling out of his a$$? Oh, never mind. I just answered my own question.

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    Too SEC, didn’t regulate.

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:16 PM

    Too Palm Beachy – gotta tan

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    That beach picture depresses me on a day like today.

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Oh Danny Boy!
    Where are you!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM

    Is there a universal smell to cooks?

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    Wow I think her face sets some sort of records for plastic surgery and botox.

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | January 15, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    too catholic, didn’t invest in jew ponzi

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | January 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    Funny how the wife gave him credibility, wonder if they were in on it together?
    http://milab.wordpress.com/

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