“USA Today” reported yesterday that “The list of investors allegedly victimized by Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff in what may be the world’s largest Ponzi scheme expanded rapidly Monday.”

Bernard L. Madoff, whose surname is pronounced as “made off”, apparently made off with an estimated fifty billion dollars from investors in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Talk about names meaning things!

I wonder whether any of the investors had a funny feeling when they first heard Mr. Madoff’s surname and how to pronounce it.

I am certain that more than a few of those investors see the connection now between his surname and what he did to their investments.