Bernie Madoff's long-time secretary Eleanor Squillari is capitalizing on her shot at 15 minutes of fame, co-authoring a 9,000 word article for the June issue of Vanity Fair. A sneak peak is available on the Vanity Fair website now.What does she have to say about Madoff? According to Squillari, Madoff "had a roving eye and . . . a habit of getting frequent massages."
"One day, I caught him scouting the escort pages that run alongside pictures of scantily clad women in the back of a magazine," she said. "He straightened up in his chair, startled, and said, 'I'm just looking!' " The most interesting bit is this one:
Squillari recalls an unusually prescient conversation she had with Madoff years earlier, after a client's secretary had been arrested for embezzlement. "You know, [he] has to take some responsibility for this," Madoff told Squillari. "He should have been keeping an eye on his personal finances. That's why I've always had Ruth watching the books. Nothing gets by Ruth." Squillari says she was surprised when he added: "Well, you know what happens is, it starts out with you taking a little bit, maybe a few hundred, a few thousand. You get comfortable with that, and before you know it, it snowballs into something big."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-06-2009 @ 7:13PM
thedude said...
Evil is the wrong word to use when describing Madoff.
He's a scumbag certainly, but e-journalists are a little too ignorant to use certain words properly.
I hope Madoff fries (he won't though) but the people who "invested" with him are guiilty of even more heinous crimes. Namely; Stupidity and greed, whil also violating the number one law of investing. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Comparing Madoff to Hitler is quite possibly one of the most ignorant things any alleged journalist has ever spewed.
Since when are massages evil ? Or chasing women for that matter ? You are obviously basing your opinion on the skewed information doled out in a regimental Judeo-Christian society.
Eliminate religion and you eliminate evil.
5-07-2009 @ 4:10AM
page114 said...
I look at the bad Madoff did as evil.I wonder how much good he also did?