Bernie – Of course they knew…but do you think any of these government employees want the banks to go down and eliminate their empty pensions altogether?
Madoff is sticking it to the banks. Madoff to FOX Business: ‘The banks knew’
Jailed Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff plans to amplify his contention, possibly in testimony before Congress, that the big banks he did business with – J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Bank of New York Mellon (BK THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP.), Citigroup (C CITIGROUP INC.) and HSBC Group (HBC), among others – knew what he was up to.
The banks have repeatedly and vehemently denied this contention.
But in an e-mail to FOX Business reporter Adam Shapiro received Tuesday, Madoff said he plans to offer specific information to Congressional committees investigating both his crimes and possible complicity on the part of Madoff’s banking partners.
Madoff said he has offered Irving Picard, the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who has pored over Madoff’s finances since the scheme collapsed in late…
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Always new poor old Bernie was just a scapegoat in the whole big picture.Not to say he wasn’t guilty,just not the only one.Prosecution for the rest?