Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff leaves Atlanta lockup for NC prison
By Devlin Barrett, APTuesday, July 14, 2009
Madoff leaves Atlanta lockup, headed to NC prison
WASHINGTON — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has left a federal prison in Atlanta and is heading to his new home in a North Carolina prison.
Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Linda Thomas on Tuesday said Madoff has left the penitentiary in Atlanta. He arrived there Monday.
Thomas would not say where Madoff is headed, but a law enforcement official told The Associated Press Madoff is destined for a federal prison in Butner, N.C., to begin serving his 150-year-sentence.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to discuss prisoner transfers.
Madoff, 71, pleaded guilty in March to charges that his investment advisory business was a multibillion-dollar scheme that wiped out thousands of investors and ruined charities.
