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Madoff trustee gets ‘historic’ $7B settlement

The Columbian
Published: December 17, 2010, 12:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — The trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff’s burned investors has reached a $7.2 billion settlement with the estate of a Florida philanthropist and businessman who had been the single-largest beneficiary of the fraud.

The settlement with the estate of Jeffry Picower was detailed Friday in Manhattan court papers.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (bah-RAHR’-ah) called it “a truly historic settlement” and a “game changer for Madoff’s victims.”

Barbara Picower, representing her late husband’s estate, entered into the agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office.

She said in a statement that her husband was “in no way complicit” with Madoff’s fraud. She said the estate would “return every penny received” through Madoff investments.

Picower drowned after suffering a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion on Oct. 25, 2009.

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