Thieves return Madoff statue, with note attached

[Liberal_in_LA]

By KIMBERLY MILLER

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

PALM BEACH — Thieves did what alleged multibillion-dollar swindler Bernard Madoff likely won't - returned their plunder.

Calling themselves The Educators, the crooks who swiped a $10,000 statue from Madoff's island estate left it in a conspicuous place Wednesday near the Palm Beach Country Club where Madoff was a member.

Palm Beach Daily News

The note said: 'Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners. Signed by -- The Educators.'

Hanging from the 4-foot-tall, 10-pound statue was a note.

"Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return Stolen Property to rightful owners. Signed by - The Educators," the note reads.

Palm Beach police Capt. George Frick said the statue, which is of two lifeguards sitting on a raised stand, was probably dropped off about an hour before it was found at 10:15 a.m.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/12/31/123108madoffstatuefound.html?imw=Y

[aquart]

1. Well, they have a point.

[lonestarnot]

2. If I believed in the death penalty, I would help build a wiki man!

[DS1]

3. The Educators?

More like "The Educated", because they got taken, big time.

[SoCalDem]

4. Probably teens of the "taken"..after Daddy told them

"Sorry son, no Harvard this fall..and no Mazerrati..Mr Madoff made-off with all our money..and by the way..your job at walmart starts next monday".