Posted by denised in If by good you mean bad and by person you mean flesh-eating bacteria, then yes Bernie Madoff you are a good person. Great even. Our favorite Ponzi-scheming, imprisoned badvisor says he’s actually…wait for it…”a victim.”
In the interview, that spanned more than a dozen phone calls with New York Magazine
reporter Steve Fishman, Madoff never said who talked him into starting his scheme, but said that though his scam cost many their life savings, he was the long-suffering victim.
“Look, imagine going home every night, not being able to tell your wife, living with this ax over your head, not telling your sons, my brother, seeing them every day in the business and not being able to confide in them,” he said.
Fishman told ABC News it was that self-pity that made it seem as if Madoff “was in denial at some level.”
“Bernie doesn’t understand that he’s ruined people’s lives,” he said.
Ya think? Read more about Madoff’s denial here.
