Some people might argue that Bernie Madoff was grossly overpaid even at just 24 cents per hour for working as an orderly in prison.
Madoff, the late Ponzi scheme king who ripped off thousands of people for billions of dollars, earned just $710 after almost 3,000 hours of work while serving 12 years in a North Carolina federal prison before dying of kidney failure in April, newly released records show.
And when he died at age 82, Madoff did not leave behind much in the way of personal property: 8 AAA batteries, 4 paperback religious books, a Casio calculator, four packages of popcorn, one package of ramen soup, a box of gefilte fish, and not a whole lot more.
The Bureau of Prison records, first reported by the online publication The City, also reveal that while Madoff generally received positive reviews for his performance as an orderly, at one point a supervisor noted he “needs closer supervision than most,” and was “not very dependable.”
