The idea that only a tiny handful of people knew about Bernie Madoff’s fraud was simply a lie to keep a lot of people out of jail. It’s proved very effective. W

The idea that only a tiny handful of people knew about Bernie Madoff’s fraud was simply a lie to keep a lot of people out of jail. It’s proved very effective. When your relatively removed it’s not that difficult to generate reasonable doubt. Same exact vibe here. Everyone knew. It’s very easy to be ignorant when ignorance keeps you from a very long prison sentence.