Incredible? You betcha… The NY Post reports that in the off-camera interview conducted October 14 at the Federal Correction Complex in Butner, N.C., where he is serving a 150-year sentence for defrauding investors of billions, the 73-year-old Madoff described his life behind bars and his tattered relations with his family.
But he seemed to have fewer concerns about the victims of his massive fraud.
"I understand why clients hate me," he told Walters. "The gravy train is over. I can live with that.
"The average person thinks I robbed widows and orphans. I made wealthy people wealthier."
Madoff spoke off-camera because federal prison rules prohibit on-camera interviews.
Read more at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bernie_madoff_tells_barbara_walters_iRvGHfcp5AGLJZI64OrzJM
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