January 03, 2024
A New York bankruptcy judge improperly trimmed releases from a settlement with the trustee overseeing Bernie Madoff's former company, an investment bank said, arguing in its motion to appeal that a $234 million adversary action filed against it should be tossed.
December 08, 2023
The trustee for the Bernie Madoff fund asked a New York bankruptcy court Friday to distribute roughly $45 million to hundreds of investors who were victims of the notorious Ponzi scheme more than a decade ago.
November 16, 2023
The trustee for Bernie Madoff's investment firm says its lawsuit seeking to claw back $110 million from global asset servicing banking group Caceis should not be dismissed because for more than a year the New York bankruptcy court has repeatedly shot down the same "recycled" arguments from the defendants.
October 10, 2023
A New York bankruptcy judge allowed $28.3 million in fraudulent transfer claims to survive against two groups of advisers to a fund whose sole purpose was to invest in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, saying in a pair of opinions that the final recipients of the fictitious profits weren't protected by a safe harbor.
March 10, 2020
A Bernie Madoff investor Tuesday asked a New York bankruptcy court to hold off on an upcoming trial on whether a trustee can claw back $2.8 million the investor allegedly received from the convicted fraudster, saying his case can only be heard by a jury.
July 10, 2019
A New York bankruptcy judge has denied the court-appointed trustee of Bernie Madoff's investment company summary judgment in his attempt to claw back nearly $213 million from Legacy Capital Ltd., sending the 9-year-old case to trial.
May 06, 2019
The court-appointed trustee of Bernie Madoff's investment company has reached a deal to claw back nearly $600,000 from the wife of the convicted securities swindler, according to a Friday New York bankruptcy court filing.
June 13, 2018
The trustee for Bernie Madoff's defunct investment firm Wednesday asked a New York bankruptcy court to approve a $280 million settlement of his claims that disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin received fraudulent transfers from Madoff's fund.
March 09, 2018
BNP Paribas SA and the bankruptcy trustee for Bernie Madoff's investment company argued Friday before a New York bankruptcy judge over whether the French bank was a negligent steward or merely an innocent dupe as they contested an attempt to make BNP and its affiliates pay $156 million for accepting money from Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
December 18, 2017
The liquidation trustee for Bernard Madoff's failed securities firm told a New York federal bankruptcy court Monday that he's ready to distribute more than $584 million to investors who fell victim to Madoff's Ponzi scheme, bringing the total amount that will have been paid out so far to about $11.4 billion.