Madoff’s Victims Are Close to Getting Their $19B Back
On June 29, 2009, Judge Chin sentenced Madoff to the maximum sentence of 150 years in federal prison.<p>I vaguely remember the economic collapse of 2008, partly because at the time I was just getting out of a rough patch in my life and I&#x27;d bought a starter home.  Granted, it was a mobile home, but it was 50,000 i&#x27;d made sure I could pay off at the bank and start building some equity.  Then out of nowhere I lost my job, the machine shop I worked at closed, and after about 3 months I was effectively homeless.<p>People like me dont have &quot;hedge fund&quot; investment money.  I had to give my dog away because i couldnt afford to feed it and sell my car for a deposit on a studio apartment.  I guess Bernies bones will bleach for those hundred some odd years of biblical retribution, but for me I never saw any justice.<p>As far as I can tell, nobody, not one person responsible for crashing the economy and taking everything from me, was arrested or jailed.  Im just supposed to imagine that the economy &quot;got better&quot; and everything is OK now.  Madoff just seems like &#x27;millionaires getting a few million back&#x27; to me.