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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. August 31, 2017

    Madoff Trustee Seeks $156M From BNP Paribas, Upping Ante

    The bankruptcy trustee for Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s investment company asked a New York federal court on Wednesday to make BNP Paribas SA and its affiliates pay $156 million for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to obvious signs of fraud in a thirst for profits.

  2. August 25, 2017

    BakerHostetler Gets $32M More In Fees In Madoff Bankruptcy

    BakerHostetler will receive $32 million for four months of work managing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's defunct investment firm after a New York bankruptcy court approved the fee request, bringing the firm's total payout for its work on the Madoff case past the $900 million mark.

  3. August 15, 2017

    SIPC Recommends $32M Fee Approval For Madoff Trustee

    The Securities Investor Protection Corp. urged a New York bankruptcy court on Tuesday to approve a request by BakerHostetler for $32 million in legal fees for four months of discounted work managing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's defunct investment firm, saying the firm has achieved substantial progress.

  4. June 29, 2017

    Madoff Trustee Atty Blasts Discovery Concealment Accusation

    A Thursday court hearing intended to help establish ground rules for an upcoming deposition of securities fraudster Bernie Madoff took a turn for the nasty when counsel for the trustee liquidating Madoff's defunct firm blustered that he's sick of being accused of hiding the Ponzi schemer's legitimate trading records.

  5. June 16, 2017

    4-Year-Old Madoff Victim Fund To Begin Payments This Year

    Victims of Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme received long-awaited news Thursday, as a $4 billion fund set up by the government in 2013 to pay investor loss claims indicated disbursements would begin later this year as a result of the recent approval of more than 35,000 petitions.

  6. May 31, 2017

    Madoff Testimony Undermines Trustee's Narrative, Court Told

    A lawyer representing about 1,600 Bernie Madoff investors told a New York bankruptcy court on Wednesday that "explosive" recent deposition testimony from the Ponzi scheme ringleader himself refutes claims made by the defunct investment firm's trustee that Madoff's fraud began before the early 1990s.

  7. May 11, 2017

    Merkin, Madoff Trustee Fire Back Over Trial Testimony

    Disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin urged a New York bankruptcy judge to not let the trustee for Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment firm cripple Merkin's defenses at an upcoming trial to claw back Ponzi scheme proceeds, arguing Wednesday that certain testimony should not be barred.

  8. May 04, 2017

    RBS Beats Direct 2nd Circ. Appeal In Madoff Clawback Case

    The Royal Bank of Scotland on Thursday dodged facing a direct Second Circuit appeal in a $22 million Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme clawback case, as a New York bankruptcy judge ruled that the international comity issues at hand do not necessitate a direct appeal.

  9. April 11, 2017

    Picower-Related Madoff Testimony Confidential, Judge Rules

    Portions of a transcript from a December deposition of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff that go beyond the permissible scope of testimony about his former associate Jeffry Picower are to remain confidential in any publicly available version, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Monday.

  10. April 10, 2017

    Claims Of Madoff Cotenants Correctly Denied, Judge Rules

    A New York bankruptcy judge has blessed the Madoff liquidator's decision to deny $392,000 in claims from parties who said they were customers of the failed investment firm but who, in reality, were account cotenants, saying Monday that the difference is key.