February 25, 2015
The judge overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's defunct firm denied 158 partners in Florida-based feeder funds access to cash set aside for Ponzi scheme losses, finding their indirect investments in the fraud insufficient to qualify them as coverage-eligible "customers."
February 09, 2015
The liquidation trustee for Bernard Madoff's failed securities firm has given out another $356 million to claimant customers, he announced Monday, pushing total such recoveries from the massive Ponzi scheme above $7 billion.
December 22, 2014
The liquidating trustee for Bernie Madoff's investment firm sought the blessing of a New York bankruptcy judge on Monday to dole out more than $322 million in recovered funds to victims of Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme.
November 19, 2014
The bankruptcy trustee for Bernard Madoff's investment fund on Wednesday moved forward with his effort to replead dozens of cases against entities that purportedly benefited from the notorious Ponzi scheme, after a New York bankruptcy judge instructed the trustee to address the few objections to repleading.
November 18, 2014
The SIPA trustee for Bernard Madoff's securities firm filed court documents Monday seeking to block litigation against former Madoff investor Jeffry Picower that both the trustee and Picower's estate say rehashes claims put to bed in a $7.2 billion 2011 deal.
October 31, 2014
The judge presiding over the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff's defunct firm refused on Thursday to let several investors suing the estate of Ponzi scheme beneficiary Jeffry Picower in Florida take discovery in an attempt to salvage their claims from the trustee winding down the Madoff estate.
October 17, 2014
The trustee tasked with winding down Bernie Madoff's investment fund reached a deal valued at $62 million with a group of investors who were paid out of funds tainted by the Ponzi scheme, according to a motion filed in New York bankruptcy court on Friday.