SOMEONE sent me an article written obviously from the point of view of a member of the Jewish community, lamenting the rip-off pulled by Bernard Madoff against many of the rich and famous denizens of both Wall Street and residents of the rarefied gated communities like Palm Beach in Florida. But what seems to incense the author of the article is that this fellow Madoff scammed even Jewish organizations and charities.

On the other hand, others are simply incensed that this fellow managed to create an aura of investment invincibility around him, to the point wherein people would join exclusive clubs like the Palm Beach Country Club just to have a chance to “invest” in Madoff’s fund…which, of course, turned out to be nothing but another glorified Ponzi scheme.

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