It’s a hard-knock life for a Ponzi schemer:
Allen Stanford, the indicted Texas tycoon and cricket impresario who bankrolled the Twenty20 game, has suffered two black eyes and a broken nose in a punch-up in prison.
Mr Stanford, facing trial for allegedly running a $7 billion pyramid scheme through his Antigua-based bank, was admitted to hospital with concussion after the fight on Thursday, officials said. The US Marshals Service said that the 59-year-old, an imposing figure who is 6ft 6in, got into an altercation with another inmate around 10am. In addition to the concussion, he suffered a broken nose and two black eyes.
But… you should’ve seen the other guy! Actually, we suspect the other guy was fine. It’s probably hard to go from cushy middle-aged millionaire to prison hardass overnight, though maybe some ex-Blackwater guys should get started on setting up an executive boot camp for that, because we like to think there should be a market for such training.
Jason // Sep 29, 2009 at 10:30 am
Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all hard
And all shootin some b-ball in the prison yard
When a couple of guys
Who had pulled my card
Startin making trouble behind the guard
I got in one little fight and the judge made a frown
He said “You’re moving over to Federal Detention downtown”
NutellaonToast // Sep 29, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Bet dollars to donuts this guy is an adrenaline junkie. He should just take up BASE and stop fucking with our monies.
Jr Deputy Accountant // Sep 29, 2009 at 6:03 pm
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL @ the PS job. So much win
Thorsten // Sep 30, 2009 at 12:53 am
Actually there is this kind of training on how to survive in prison:
http://www.wallstreetprisonconsultants.com/ for example ^^
alyx // Sep 30, 2009 at 8:17 am
Oh good call! I see that Madoff had one:
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Ponzi Thug Life // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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