Tenth and final payment means the 40,000-plus Ponzi scheme victims will have recovered 93% of investment losses
A US government fund to compensate people swindled by Bernie Madoff is making its final round of payments, taking the total paid from the fund to the late fraudster’s victims to $4.3bn (£3.4bn).
The Madoff Victim Fund is paying out $131.4m from forfeited assets to 23,408 people around the globe in the 10th and final distribution, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DoJ).
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