Thursday, September 20, 2012

Madoff Ponzi victims to receive $2.48B payout




Victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud will soon receive $2.48 billion to help cover their losses, more than tripling their total recovery to about $3.63 billion, the trustee liquidating the imprisoned swindler's firm told the Ny Post.

Checks ranging from $1,784 to $526.9 million were mailed on Wednesday to 1,230 former customers of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, according to trustee Irving Picard. The average payout is $2.02 million.

Madoff's victims earlier recovered $1.15 billion, including sums committed by the Securities Investor Protection Corp, which helps customers of failed brokerages. US Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland in Manhattan authorized the latest distribution last month following two legal victories for the trustee....

Find out more at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/madoff_ponzi_victims_to_receive_0iaB9iDK2cbOwrGRV7zQWN#ixzz271X7ttXM

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