The Bernie Madoffs of the world — not just the Ponzi schemer himself but the rogue accountants, lawyers and hedge funders — walk meekly into federal courts with their rictus faces and ashen complexions and the expectation of long prison sentences, and a bystander can’t help but wonder:
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SETTLING DOWN Jacob Alexander, wanted on fraud charges, has made a home in Namibia.

Why not take the ill-gotten money and run?