Bernie Madoff, “Godfather of White Collar Crime,” has learned in prison that snakes run in packs! Sources inside the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., spilled that Bernie has become best buddies with Mafia crime boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico! “It was Carmine who first greeted Bernie when he arrived,” according to a source. “He sent him shower slippers and tried to make him feel at home!” In fact, it was Persico who provided the muscle for Bernie after his first embarrassing prison smackdown! Read on for details of Bernie’s prison adventure, and click here for more news of celebrity prisoners ….
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Shortly after arriving at medium-security Butner in 2009, the Ponzi-scheme scumbag, who
fleeced his financial clients of about $65 billion, broke the prison code by changing the channel in the rec room. “Bernie got his face smacked for his efforts,” said a prison snitch!
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That’s when Carmine — the notorious boss of the Colombo crime family, and possibly linked to multiple bloody murders — stepped in. “Carmine sent his boys over — or his ‘friends,’ rather — to ‘have a talk’ with the guy who delivered the slap,” according to an insider.
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“Nobody bothers Bernie no more!” The geriatric bad boys have been inseparable ever since! Madoff calls his prison paisan “a very sweet man,” and marvels at how “gentle’ the ruthless gangster is when his grandchildren come to visit.
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“They roam around the inside as though they own the place,” said a source. “With Carmine’s connections — they pretty much do!”
Shortly after arriving at medium-security Butner in 2009, the Ponzi-scheme scumbag, who
fleeced his financial clients of about $65 billion, broke the prison code by changing the channel in the rec room. “Bernie got his face smacked for his efforts,” said a prison snitch!
Photo credit: Getty Images/Files
That’s when Carmine — the notorious boss of the Colombo crime family, and possibly linked to multiple bloody murders — stepped in. “Carmine sent his boys over — or his ‘friends,’ rather — to ‘have a talk’ with the guy who delivered the slap,” according to an insider.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Nobody bothers Bernie no more!” The geriatric bad boys have been inseparable ever since! Madoff calls his prison paisan “a very sweet man,” and marvels at how “gentle’ the ruthless gangster is when his grandchildren come to visit.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“They roam around the inside as though they own the place,” said a source. “With Carmine’s connections — they pretty much do!”
Photo credit: Getty Images