Since December 2008, he has been blogging as Bernard Madoff. He tweets under the Twitter handle Bernie L. Madoff from the Butner Correctional Facility. His email address contains the Ponzi schemer's monogram, BLM. And the emails Berkman sent me were signed "Fake Bernie."
Some people like being Bernie for Halloween. Others buy up Bernie-branded products, such as toilet paper with his face on every sheet [see above post]. Others have gone to auctions to buy up Bernie's yachts and mansions on down to Bernie's shoes.
Berkman has been outed at least twice as Fake Bernie: December 2008, in a trade publication called the Wall Street Letter, and January 2009, on TV. But since many people in America have tiny attention spans, and rarely deploy complicated research tools like Google, the fun of being Fake Bernie goes on.
"I can't tell you how many people, even today, think it's the real Bernie Madoff that's blogging from prison," Berkman said in a telephone interview.
Some people like being Bernie for Halloween. Others buy up Bernie-branded products, such as toilet paper with his face on every sheet [see above post]. Others have gone to auctions to buy up Bernie's yachts and mansions on down to Bernie's shoes.
Berkman has been outed at least twice as Fake Bernie: December 2008, in a trade publication called the Wall Street Letter, and January 2009, on TV. But since many people in America have tiny attention spans, and rarely deploy complicated research tools like Google, the fun of being Fake Bernie goes on.
"I can't tell you how many people, even today, think it's the real Bernie Madoff that's blogging from prison," Berkman said in a telephone interview.
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