Somewhere, Kenneth Lay is Saying...

"...do the honorable thing, Bernie. Fake your death. No one will begrudge a widow a private ceremony with a closed coffin."

Sentenced to 150 years, Madoff has spared the wife and kids.

Ruth and Ruthless $2.5 million goes a long way in proson.

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"The jailed Madoff already has taken a severe financial hit: Last week, a judge issued a preliminary $171 billion forfeiture order stripping Madoff of all his personal property, including real estate, investments, and $80 million in assets Ruth Madoff had claimed were hers. The order left her with $2.5 million."

"I am embarrassed and ashamed," she said. "Like everyone else, I feel betrayed and confused. The man who committed this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years."

— Ruth Madoff

Read more about Ruth's near miss with justice.

Somewhere, Kenneth Lay is saying...

"Bernie, there's a secure, undisclosed penthouse in Dubai with your name on it... right next to mine... across from the one keeping Cheney's man-sized safe... safe."

Either way... after all, $2.5 million will go a long way, buying favors for Bernie in the penitentiary.

Read more about Bernie's sentencing.