Pols probe handling of Madoff victims
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Several Congressional representatives, including two from New York and one from New Jersey, have asked a federal watchdog agency to investigate allegations that the trustee charged with liquidating Bernie Madoff's estate is treating the con man's victims unfairly. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and his...
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Madoff vics slam Picard over tactics
Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz aren't the only victims of con man Bernie Madoff who believe they are getting the shaft from trustee Irving Picard. Investors who attended a Securities Investor Protection Corporation forum held at the Grand Hyatt in midtown Wednesday said Picard, the Madoff trustee who fil...
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If Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are going to retain control of the Mets, and their family's fortune, their best hope may be legislation introduced last week by a New York congressman. Rep. Gary Ackerman's bill would bar bankruptcy trustees such as Irving Picard from suing investors victimized by a Ponz...
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The owners of the Mets filed a motion in United States District Court Thursday seeking to move the highly contentious lawsuit filed against them by the trustee liquidating the Bernie Madoff estate from bankruptcy court into federal district court....
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