First question - As far as I understood from some of the posts on the site regarding the matter, Madonna was close to being inducted before his bid. He took his time, kept his mouth shut and came out a senior citizen(more or less, don't hang me for this comment oldies! lol) and was rewarded greatly.

Second question - What did you expect? He's a career criminal with mafia ties. You expected for him to sit back and retire at a rather young age for a criminal? It's their mentality, it's in their blood. Either you go in fully, or you don't go in at all(at least when it's the case of blue collar criminals).