Nearly 7-1/2 years after Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme was unmasked, the court-appointed trustee recouping money for the swindler’s victims on Thursday sought court approval to free up another $247 million to help cover their losses. The proposed payout would be the seventh by the trustee Irving Picard, and follows several recent settlements to recoup sums…
When a middle-aged sexpot with a Long Island accent introduces herself to Bernie Madoff outside the bathroom at Elie Wiesel’s house, one hour into ABC’s four-hour based-on-a-true-story miniseries, it marks first time in the history of network television that the phrase “CFO of Hadassah” has been employed as a pickup line. “Sheryl Weinstein, CFO of…
Bernard Madoff, the Ponzi schemer whose story is the subject of a TV miniseries airing this week, is “doing as well as can be expected,” but is unhappy that neither his wife nor grandchildren visit him, according to his lawyer. Ira Sorkin, who represented Madoff when he pleaded guilty in 2009 to defrauding investors of…
Richard Dreyfuss (L) plays Bernie Madoff in ABC’s upcoming series. (JTA) True story: Back in 2008, one of my son’s favorite games was one we called “Bernie Madoff.” It was basically cops and robbers — I played a police officer and Elie, 3, was Bernie. The object of the game was that I chased him…
Irving Picard, the trustee appointed to liquidate the assets of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff and return money to his victims, has filed a $95 million lawsuit against some of Israel’s largest educational and medical institutions.- Among the defendants in the suit filed Wednesday in Tel Aviv District Court are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the…
As the young superstars of the New York Mets soaked each other with Taittinger Champagne and Budweiser in the moments after seizing the National League pennant on October 21, the ghost of the Madoff Affair was writhing in a Proton Stream somewhere in corporate offices at CitiField. Or that’s how it felt when the television…
The last defendant charged in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme was sentenced to six months in prison. Irwin Lipkin, who pleaded guilty to faking records while comptroller for Madoff’s firm, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, The Associated Press reported. Lipkin, 77, cited health problems in pleading to be spared jail time, according…
Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss will play Bernie Madoff in a multiple-episode drama on the ABC network. The drama will be based on the book “The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth,” the Hollywood Reporter wrote last week. ABC’s chief investigative correspondent, Brian Ross, wrote the book. Several high-profile actresses are…
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