The sons were in on it. The father told his kids to turn him in and he’ll take the full wrap. It was orchestrated. Look at the timeline of the actions the sons and their wives took prior to their contacting of the police.
Check out last year’s season of “Damages” (was on FX) - this whole scenario was played out almost scene for scene.
The writers must have had insight into this, because this is a case of life imitating art.
Exactly! No way the kids could work there for years and not know what was going on. Young Madoff killed himself because the heat was now coming down on him. Bernie’s confession kept the kids out of jail, but the lawsuits the trustee just filed against the family were going to blow away the ‘kids didn’t know, Bernie did it all on his own’ defense.
Hate the pain it caused some of the family, but I hope they don’t let Bernie attend the funeral. I would like him to sit in jail alone, contemplating how he has ruined the lives of everyone he professed to love.
the sins of the father are visited on the son...