WOW, and his website says he is so ethical and personally involved in overseeing the company:
http://www.madoff.com/dis/display.asp?id=203&mode=1&home=1&madf=
The Owner’s Name is on the Door
In an era of faceless organizations owned by other equally faceless organizations, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC harks back to an earlier era in the financial world: The owner’s name is on the door. Clients know that Bernard Madoff has a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm’s hallmark.
Bernard L. Madoff founded the investment firm that bears his name in 1960, soon after leaving law school. His brother, Peter B. Madoff, graduated from law school and joined the firm in 1970. While building the firm into a significant force in the securities industry, they have both been deeply involved in leading the dramatic transformation that has been underway in US securities trading.
Now that's irony.
Only they will enjoy the comfort of min security prisons and their Hamptons beach houses, while the folks put out of work make do and look for work. Not to mention the ones they bilked.