Excerpted from the Manhattan Spectrum:

Timmy Wormwicker, an observer of the Bernie Madoff sentencing proceedings, spoke of the strange behavior by Madoff attorney Claxton J. Smuckers.

“Listen, I know he’s a public defender, probably a year out of law school, but that was inappropriate.  Even for a {redacted} like Bernie Madoff.”

“I don’t even think the judge was done speaking by the time he left the courtroom.”

“It was like he was shot out of a cannon.”

Excerpted from the Manhattan Spectrum:

A federal marshall, wishing to remain anonymous, explained what transpired.

“So then Madoff says, ‘Sure, sure, I’ve got the money. No problem. I just left my checkbook in Antananarivo (The capital of Madagascar). I’ll be right back to make this right.’”

“The director bought it hook, line, and sinker. He even drove him to the airport, but just as they arrived the director said, ‘Hey, wait a minute. Isn’t Madagascar one of the countries we don’t have an extradition treaty with?’ Madoff shrugged, smiled and said, ‘Got me.’”

“We all had a good laugh.”

Excerpted from the Manhattan Spectrum:

An acquaintance of Madoff, who wished to remain anonymous, said the alleged Ponzi-schemer was spending an inordinate amount of time on Facebook.  Said the source:

“Bernie had a lot of time on his hands, as he was basically locked down in his apartment, you know.  So, one of his friends told him about Facebook and he was really taken with it.  One of my other friends overheard him say that he was really sorry he hadn’t found out about it sooner.”

“You know, with the networking possibilities and all.”