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$1B in legal fees for recovery of Madoff losses is a ‘good return on investment’
October 22nd, 2015
Lawyers recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme say total legal fees in the case could reach $1 billion. In an interview with ABC News, court-appointed trustee Irving Picard of BakerHostetler said the fees are a “very good ...
Investor Seeks to Hold Ernst & Young Liable for Madoff Losses
October 15th, 2015
Court papers show FutureSelect invested about $200 million Ernst & Young failed to serve as a gatekeeper for a Washington investment firm that sank millions of dollars into Bernard Madoff’s investment firm and should be held liable for its losses, ...
Madoff accomplice Daniel Bonventre jailed for 10 years
December 9th, 2014
A former associate of Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for aiding the disgraced Wall Street financier in his $65bn (£42bn) fraud scheme. Daniel Bonventre, 67, was also ordered to forfeit $155bn (£99bn). Bonventre is ...
Madoff Trials in Geneva Loom Six Years After Fraudster Confessed
November 13th, 2014
Almost six years after Bernie Madoff admitted his investment firm was based on “one big lie,” two European criminal cases linked to the convicted fraudster are working their way to trial in Geneva. Prosecutor Marc Tappolet is finishing an indictment of ...
Prosecutors, defense spar over $150 billion forfeiture for Madoff aides
July 30th, 2014
Four months after five former Bernard Madoff aides were convicted of helping conceal his massive Ponzi scheme, their lawyers and U.S. prosecutors are still fighting over the trial’s key question: What did they know, and when did they know ...
Despite Exposure of Madoff Fraud, New Ponzi Schemes Emerge
July 11th, 2014
When the money was rolling in from investors, Scott W. Rothstein, a lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bought his wife, Kimberly, more than $1 million in jewelry, including an opulent 12-carat yellow diamond ring. He lived in a multimillion-dollar ...
Judge Denies Madoff Trustee Recovery of Foreign Transfers
July 8th, 2014
Transfers made abroad between a foreign transferor and a foreign transferee cannot be recovered by the trustee administering the estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, a federal judge has ruled. Dealing a win to foreign banks and investment ...
Bernie Madoff’s Accountant Paul Konigsberg Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Records and Conspiracy
June 25th, 2014
Fraudster Bernard Madoff’s former accountant Paul Konigsberg pleaded guilty to helping the convicted financier with his Ponzi scheme by falsifying records. “I’m here today to take responsibility for what I did that was wrong,” the former senior tax partner ...
Bernie Madoff’s Accountant Paul Konigsberg to Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges
June 18th, 2014
Convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff’s former accountant Paul Konigsberg is expected to plead guilty to charges in connection with the swindler’s $65bn Ponzi scheme, a US prosecutor has said. Konigsberg, a former senior tax partner at Konigsberg Wolf & Co, ...
Authorities Allege $1 Billion Fraud at Platinum Partners
December 20th, 2016
In June 2014, the founder of hedge fund Platinum Partners sent a panicked email to his partner. “It can’t go on like this,” wrote Mark Nordlicht, fretting about mounting requests from investors for their money back. “This is code ...
