Per Wizard of Lies, Madoff was a very generous boss

IndyRed128i · 12-02-2022, 12:04 AM

Read the book recently and then read some of articles outlining this.

Obviously his crime was HORRIBLE, but coming up on his arrest anniversary, and reading wizard of lies, it sounds like he was a VERY generous boss.

-Paid for Weddings, honeymoons, engagement rings, exc for hard working employees who couldn't afford it.

-Paid for big medical expenses, and I guess even paid for the private school tuition to Jewish universities of several employee parents who didn't have a big college fun for their kids.

-Even bought houses and cars for some employees, who supposedly had no idea about the scam

Crazy that someone can "care" about their employees like that and at the same time be that big of a scammer

KevinC · 12-02-2022, 03:42 AM

How can you call that "care" when he was using stolen money?? That's not "care", that's just sharing his ill-gotten gains. Hopefully there's a special place in hell for assholes like Madoff and the FTX criminal puke.

BRAKE! · 12-02-2022, 04:12 AM

This spells out zero morals. It’s easy to spend money that is not yours. To him, I’m sure it felt like spending ‘Monopoly’ money. He robbed investors so that they couldn’t pay for their own medical bills, weddings, houses, cars, etc. that they had actually WORKED for.

Put what he did into a bigger context and you’ll see how this faux show of compassion and empathy was just another way he was a crook.

ppointer · 12-02-2022, 09:39 AM

Classic virtue signaling. Trying to make himself feel better knowing the theft that he was hiding. Don't forget he was quite generous to himself as well.

floridaorange · 12-02-2022, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by IndyRed128i

Crazy that someone can "care" about their employees like that and at the same time be that big of a scammer

Sort of, but not really.

It was a ponzi scheme - so he probably enjoyed the fact that others besides him were benefitting from his nefarious deeds as a means of justification not altruism.

dreamingat30fps · 12-02-2022, 10:35 AM

I doubt he even did it because he "cared". I'm sure he wanted to be seen as caring as it probably gives less cause for people to look into him. Probably also makes people more likely to trust him and "invest".

ASAP · 12-02-2022, 12:13 PM

so ummmm.... when is the FTX founder headed to the slammer? Last I checked he was part of an organized forum on tv lol.

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IndyRed128i Private First Class 259 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 2022 BMW 230I(Red) Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	Per Wizard of Lies, Madoff was a very generous boss Read the book recently and then read some of articles outlining this. Obviously his crime was HORRIBLE, but coming up on his arrest anniversary, and reading wizard of lies, it sounds like he was a VERY generous boss. -Paid for Weddings, honeymoons, engagement rings, exc for hard working employees who couldn't afford it. -Paid for big medical expenses, and I guess even paid for the private school tuition to Jewish universities of several employee parents who didn't have a big college fun for their kids. -Even bought houses and cars for some employees, who supposedly had no idea about the scam Crazy that someone can "care" about their employees like that and at the same time be that big of a scammer
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BRAKE! First Lieutenant 992 Rep 347 Posts Drives: 718 GT4 Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	This spells out zero morals. It’s easy to spend money that is not yours. To him, I’m sure it felt like spending ‘Monopoly’ money. He robbed investors so that they couldn’t pay for their own medical bills, weddings, houses, cars, etc. that they had actually WORKED for. Put what he did into a bigger context and you’ll see how this faux show of compassion and empathy was just another way he was a crook.
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