Refleksi: Madoff adalah seorang penipu di New York, jumlah uang yang disikat kurang lebih sama besarnya harta haram hasil korupsi Soeharto. Bedanya antara kedua mahluk jahat ini ialah harta Madoff dihukum penjara puluhan tahun dan disita harta kekayaannya untuk membayar menganti kerugian pada pihak yang rugi, sedangkan Soeharto hingga waktu dicekik lehernya oleh malaekat jibril, tidak diapa-apakan oleh rezim berkuasa SBY. Jadi tentunya SBY & Co anti korupsi tebang pilih!
http://www.theage.com.au/world/madoff-treasures-sell-for-1-million-20091115-igff.html Madoff 'treasures' sell for $1 million NEW YORK November 16, 2009 Left: Bernie Madoff's Mets jacket. Right: Ruth Madoff's diamond earrings. A TREASURE trove of spoils from Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife raked in nearly $US1 million ($A1.08 million) in an auction to help pay back some of his victims. But the proceeds were still just a drop in the ocean compared to the $US21.2 billion investors are said to have lost in Madoff's grandiose scam that duped celebrities, charities and scores of ordinary people over several decades. Ruth Madoff's pair of 14-carat Cartier diamond earrings went under the hammer for $US70,000, - just one in a flurry of sales to a packed room of bidders. Two hundred lots, among them jewels, diamond-encrusted watches and a New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with Madoff's name, were seized from the couple's home and sold at the Sheraton Hotel in New York. For more than three hours, hundreds of people packed a room to place their bids, with others bidding online. Madoff, a former Nasdaq chairman, had a weak spot for watches and the 40-plus Rolex, Cartier, Blancpain, Muller, Bulgari, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet he and his wife had stocked fetched up to $US65,000 each. The blue satin Mets jacket bearing Madoff's name in orange launched a bidding war on the floor, far surpassing its low estimate of $US500 before selling for $US14,500 to an online bidder. The proceeds were to help repay the hundreds of investors cheated by Madoff's $US65 billion Ponzi scheme, with Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers taking in an undisclosed fee. The crowds fawned over Mrs Madoff's two dozen jewels on display. A platinum, diamond and emerald bangle brought in $US50,000. Objects with little value other than having belonged to the infamous crook also had notable success, including his personal stationary - estimated at $US100 and sold for $US2500 ) - and a wooden duck valued at a mere $US60 but sold for $US4750 . The Madoff name along with that of his wife appeared on many other goods, ranging from golf clubs to beach boards. Mrs Madoff's furs, all neatly hanging in plastic bags, attracted little interest, but the crowds grouped around her designer bags bearing labels such as Hermes, Prada, Chanel or Louis Vuitton. In all, the sale brought in $US942,650 - nearly twice the $US500,000 initial estimate. Madoff, 71, is now serving a 150-year prison sentence for fraud at a prison near Raleigh, North Carolina. His wife was not charged with a crime. AFP Ads by Google [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
