Madoff’s $9 Billion Stash?

Did Bernie Madoff manage to get away with more than we think? The New York Post reports that the ex-Ponzi schemer’s fellow inmates at a North Carolina prison have been told by Madoff himself that he managed to hide $9 billion of his ill-gotten money with three friends before heading to prison. While the source says that Madoff’s former partner Frank DiPascali has knowledge of the scheme, he adds, “I think it was personal friends” who agreed to take care of the money for Madoff. Other revelations from the inmates: Madoff has struck up a friendship with mob boss Carmine Persico (“They play bocce,” says the source), and injuries that caused rumors of a prison scuffle several months ago were actually the result of a bad mix of anti-depressants, which were prescribed to Madoff by the prison psychiatrist.