US prison authorities: "Bernie Madoff is not terminally ill, has not been diagnosed with cancer"

Amerigo Vespucci

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:16 PM
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US prison authorities: "Bernie Madoff is not terminally ill, has not been diagnosed with cancer"

Mon Aug 24, 2:32 pm ET

NEW YORK (AFP) � US prison authorities on Monday denied media reports that convicted Wall Street fraud Bernard Madoff is dying of cancer.

"We can tell you that Bernie Madoff is not terminally ill and has not been diagnosed with cancer," the Prisons Bureau said in an emailed statement.

Earlier, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal quoted separate, unidentified sources saying that Madoff, 71, is in the terminal stages of the disease.

The Prisons Bureau said the Post article was "full of inaccuracies."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090824/ts_alt_afp/usfraudfinancemadoffhealth

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Donnachaidh

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:18 PM
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1. His money buddies pushing for a media blitz to get him released?

Wonder how much he's promised to Murdoch to push this lie?

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ddeclue

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:19 PM
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2. and won't be released to Libya any time soon?

:rofl:

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Mz Pip

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:24 PM
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3. if he could bilk billions from people

I guess he figured it was worth a try to bilk the prison officials into releasing him early for "compassionate' reasons. :shrug:

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tridim

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:46 PM
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4. Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode about this?

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ddeclue

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:49 PM
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5. The Andrea Doria?

not about terminal illness but about special case consideration.. George was gonna lose the apartment to the Andrea Doria survivor..

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tridim

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Mon Aug-24-09 05:58 PM
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6. No I was thinking of the episode when George's friend faked cancer..

So people would feel sorry for him.

Jerry gave him a gift certificate for a hairpiece.

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zbdent

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Mon Aug-24-09 07:30 PM
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7. let's get him to confess to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping ...

who's got bamboo shoots and pliers?

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