$2.5 billion distributed to Madoff victims
$2.5 billion distributed to Madoff victims A court-appointed trustee in New York has mailed out $2.5 billion in checks to victims of Bernard Madoff's massive fraud.
Bernard Madoff is seeking to keep a $US7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $US62 million in assets, saying they are unrelated to the fraud that authorities say cost victims more than $US50 billion.