Madoff’s partners in crime

The banks that Madoff worked with knew something wasn’t right but yet they prized the profits above any potential wrongdoings. As a result of their greed they helped destroy thousands of people’s lives. So why aren’t they suffering the same fate for their involvement in this scheme?!?!?!?!

Look at it in simpler terms….Let’s say someone wearing a mask and carrying a gun asked you to drive them to a bank to make a withdrawal and said they would pay you a lot of money for your time. You could tell something wasn’t right but since they were the one making the withdrawal and they were going to pay you a lot of money you drove them anyway. So the person goes into the bank then comes out a few minutes later with a huge amount of money that is obviously beyond normal for a withdrawal. He then gives you your large sum of money out of the huge amount he brought out of the bank. You figure that something still isn’t right but since you didn’t actually see what he did in the bank and all you did was drive him your ok.

There isn’t a lot of difference between the banks that helped Madoff rip off all those thousands of people. It’s obvious that in both cases that even though you weren’t the one holding the gun you’re an accomplice and hold just as much blame as the guy that made the withdrawal.

If you had reported that someone with a gun wanted you to take him to a bank to make a withdrawal then the theft would not have occurred……Just as the banks that knew something was wrong with Madoff’s Ponzi scheme could have reported the warnings from their own accountants but didn’t.

I feel that this should go WAY beyond simply suing the banks for restitution for their involvement and there should be criminal charges brought against ANY and ALL bank employees, officials, board members, etc that did not report what was occurring and placed their personal greed above the wellbeing of the thousands of people that were made to suffer as a result. -HD

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”