Last December, it was reported that Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff was assaulted at the North Carolina federal prison where he's being held for his 140-year sentence. Then prison officials said that he was not beaten and that he was simply being treated for hypertension and dizziness. Now the Wall Street Journal says that the 71-year-old "was physically assaulted by another inmate in December, according to three people familiar with the matter" and was "treated for a broken nose, fractured ribs and cuts to his head and face."
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WSJ: Madoff Did Get Prison Beatdown
Madoff Talks to Victims' Lawyer, Looks Like He's Working Out
It's another report of how Bernard Madoff is doing behind bars! This time, instead of an inmate, we hear from a lawyer representing some of the victims in Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Attorney Joseph Cotchett says he and an associate met with the scammer for four and a half hours at Butner Federal Correction Complex in North Carolina. And Madoff told them, "There were several times that I met with the SEC and thought 'they got me'" Of course, the SEC didn't!
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