The statue stolen from madoff was found with message
 

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Statue stolen from Madoff found with message

* Story Highlights
* Statue was reported stolen in December from Florida estate of Bernard Madoff
* Statue recovered with message: "Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners"
* Madoff was arrested in December, accused of operating $50 billion Ponzi scheme

(CNN) -- A statue worth more than $10,000 that was stolen from the Palm Beach, Florida, estate of Wall Street investment adviser Bernard Madoff has been recovered, police said Thursday.

Palm Beach police Sgt. Chris Proscia said the 4-foot-high statue was found Wednesday morning with a message attached to it reading: "Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners."

The statue was stolen December 19, eight days after Madoff was arrested in New York on suspicion of operating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. He was charged with securities fraud and is under house arrest in New York while awaiting court proceedings.

Police said the statue, which depicts two lifeguards sitting on a bench, was discovered undamaged in some bushes a few blocks from Madoff's million-dollar Palm Beach estate.

The note on it was signed, "The Educators."

The theft, which was discovered by a property manager for Madoff, is under investigation, authorities said.

The investor was charged in December with one count of securities fraud. His $10 million bail is secured by properties owned by him and his wife, including the Manhattan apartment and the Palm Beach estate.

CNN's Christian Chinnici contributed to this report.

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Madoff is such a fucking crook, he should be publicly hanged..

I think we've located the statue thief.

too bad they didnt steal the mansion too so he couldnt use it as collateral for bail

Hope he likes "Tossing Salads"

lllllllllllllooooooooollllllll he will scam everyone in jail out of their commissary money

"In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules." -- Bernard Madoff, Oct. 20, 2007

haha.

nice. :thumbsup

I read something in The Post that said he was trying to avoid the press and get into his building by going through a boutique that's next door, but the employees won't let him because "they don't want that kind of person" in their store. :1orglaugh

Will this guy actually ever see the inside of a prison cell?
I'm thinking that with his age and his money he will not.
At least I hope they take everything he owns and use it somehow to try to pay some of the victims back.

i expect he will sleep with the fishes sometime in 2009.
some people dont like too loose that kind of money...

Before he spends a day in jail, he'll be killed in the streets.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh
Quite possible

hahahaha!!! thats funny shit!

Awesome.