Working The System

It was revealed that Bernie Madoff, Wall Street's super-conman who made off with billions of dollars from trusting investors during the past 20 years, is expected to throw himself on the mercy of the court and plead guilty. The charges in the massive Ponzi scheme, to be brought in the trial that begins Thursday, could amount to 150 years in prison time. So he may end up with the equivalent of a life sentence. Talk about the height of irony -- he's been living off other people's hard-earned money for the past two decades and now he may end up living off other people's money for the rest of his days.