Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

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Case Number:

1:08-ap-01789

Court:

New York Southern

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  1. September 27, 2016

    Ex-Milberg Atty Tagged In Kickback Plot Settles Madoff Suit

    A former Milberg Weiss partner who was sentenced to prison for his role in a scheme to secretly pay individuals who agreed to serve as class action plaintiffs has resolved a separate lawsuit to recover millions of dollars he received by investing in Bernie Madoff's bogus securities trading business, according to court documents filed Tuesday in New York.

  2. August 25, 2016

    Ex-Madoff Aide Agrees To Assist Trustee Liquidating BLMIS

    Former Bernie Madoff account manager Annette Bongiorno has agreed to assist the court-appointed trustee liquidating Madoff's firm in tracking down customer property that was tied up in the massive Ponzi scheme, as part of a multimillion-dollar settlement, according to New York bankruptcy court filings Wednesday.

  3. August 05, 2016

    Chaitman LLP, Madoff Trustee Trade Sanctions Demands

    In an increasingly testy series of letters to the New York bankruptcy judge overseeing the Bernard Madoff case, a lawyer representing a seven-person investment partnership demanded Thursday that trustee Irving Picard be sanctioned for "improper and abusive" use of subpoenas, a move that came in response to Picard's demand that the attorney herself be sanctioned for time-wasting and misrepresentations.

  4. July 21, 2016

    BakerHostetler Seeks $35M In Fees For Madoff Trustee Work

    BakerHostetler on Thursday asked a New York bankruptcy judge for more than $34.9 million in fees related to the firm's work winding down Bernie Madoff's firm from December through the end of March.

  5. July 14, 2016

    Travel Mogul Chemla Settles Madoff Clawback Suit

    Alexandre Chemla, the founder of private jet service ALTOUR, has settled a lawsuit brought by the court trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's shuttered securities firm that sought to recover nearly $1 million in bogus profits he received, according to papers filed Thursday in New York.

  6. June 30, 2016

    Picard Begins $190M Distribution To Madoff Investors

    The liquidation trustee for Bernard Madoff's failed securities firm on Thursday said he has started to hand out about $190.2 million to investors who fell victim to Madoff's Ponzi scheme, bringing the total recovery to about $9.47 billion.

  7. June 15, 2016

    Madoff Investors Get $247M In Latest Approved Distribution

    A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved a plan to distribute $247 million to investors who fell victim to convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, nudging their total recovery to nearly $9.5 billion, court documents show.

  8. June 01, 2016

    Merkin Fights To Block Trial In Madoff Clawback Suit

    Disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin urged a New York bankruptcy court Wednesday to prevent trial in a lawsuit to recover hundreds of millions of dollars tied to investments in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, arguing Merkin was duped by the fraudster like numerous other investors.

  9. May 03, 2016

    Madoff Trustee Can Depose Convicted Ex-Employees

    The trustee for Bernie Madoff's defunct securities firm on Monday got a federal bankruptcy judge's permission to ask questions about the firm's records to two longtime account managers who recently lost an appeal of their convictions for aiding Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

  10. April 26, 2016

    Madoff Trustee, Minn. Investors Win Nod For $30.2M Deal

    The New York federal judge overseeing the unwinding of Bernie Madoff's defunct securities firm approved a deal Tuesday in which Minnesota-based former investors will give back $30.2 million in proceeds from Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme, including some funds awarded to a related nonprofit.