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 aflight riskbecause 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?