After the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Madoff passed away, the news was greeted with open condemnation and mockery on social media.
Few people have been as widely and publicly vilified as infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff. After the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Madoff passed away, the news was greeted with open condemnation and mockery on social media. Madoff was a former Nasdaq stock market chairman who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He died early Wednesday of natural causes. He admitted in 2009 to swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars over a scam lasting decades. He was 82 years old. Nothing Good To Say – But A Lot Was Said The old adage « if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all » certainly doesn’t carry over to social media where commentary on the deaths of famous people have brought out as much denunciation as praise. In the case of Madoff, who has been the subject of extreme scrutiny including two TV movie biographies, there has been almost nothing good to say. There were thousands of tweets on Wednesday, and there was no shortage of memes that attempted to find the humor in Madoff’s crimes. The parody podcast Godcast (@TheTweetOfGod) tweeted, « Bernie Madoff is in hell.
