Bernie Madoff flees USA while on bail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff

Madoff posted $10 million bail in December 2008 and remained under 24-hour monitoring and house arrest in his Upper East Side penthouse apartment until March 12, 2009, when Judge Denny Chin revoked his bail and remanded him to the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Chin ruled that Madoff was a flight risk because of his age, his wealth, and the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison.[77]

So, assuming Bernie planned his escape before admitting the fraud to his sons and his arrest, how would be escape? Where would he go? Russia?
 
So here is a sloppily pasted list of non-US extradition countries. I'm skeptical that he would choose Russia, since I just assume he'd fear for his safety from any Russians who may have had money with him.

Afghanistan Ethiopia Nepal
Algeria Gabon Niger
Andorra Guinea North Korea
Angola Guinea-Bissau Oman
Armenia Indonesia Qatar
Bahrain Iran Russia
Bangladesh Kazakhstan Rwanda
Belarus Kosovo Samoa
Bhutan Kuwait São Tomé & Príncipe
Bosnia and Herzegovina Laos Saudi Arabia
Brunei Lebanon Senegal
Burkina Faso Libya Serbia
Burundi Macedonia Somalia
Cambodia Madagascar Sudan
Cameroon the Maldives Syria
Cape Verde Mali Taiwan
the Central African Republic the Marshall Islands Togo
Chad Mauritania Tunisia
China Micronesia Uganda
Comoros Moldova Ukraine
Dem. Republic of the Congo Mongolia United Arab Emirates
Cote d' Ivoire Montenegro Uzbekistan
Cuba Morocco Vanuatu
Djibouti Mozambique the Vatican
Equatorial Guinea Myanmar Vietnam
Eritrea Namibia Yemen
 
He'd have access to a maybe a few hundred million $, maybe a lot less at the end, unless he'd be planning this for a while. He's certainly not running with billions. How does he keep access to his cash, transfer to bitcoins?

He'd need an identity change; tricky for an old guy who presumably only speaks English.
 
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