Word: merkin
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...Fairfield, Madoff's largest feeder, with some $7 billion invested in his mad world, was run by socialite Walter Noel. But there were dozens of others run by a variety of unregistered funds and characters, including the Ascot Partners fund, run by Ezra Merkin, and on the West Coast, the Brighton Co., run by Stanley Chais, one of three he ran. (See pictures of the demise of Bernie Madoff...
...Anyone investing with Chais, Merkin and Noel probably never heard of Bernard Madoff. Why? Simple: the money...
...there was no actual work going on, either by Chais' New York people (i.e. Madoff), or by himself, except collecting money and distributing money, much like Madoff and Fairfield Greenwich, and all the other feeder funds. Chais' lawyer, Eugene Licker of Loeb & Loeb, was unavailable for comment. Ezra Merkin's lawyer, Andrew Levander of Dechert LLP, was also not available for comment...
...Tuesday, New York Law School sued BDO Seidman along with the fund it audited, Ascot Partners. Investors in Ascot, which was managed by GMAC chairman J. Ezra Merkin and invested all its money with Madoff, lost a reported $1.8 billion. New York Law School said its endowment fund had $3 million in Ascot. It's the first suit to name an accounting firm in connection with the Madoff case...
...better or for worse, however, butt cleavage fizzled out this summer. Its replacement is, to some, the most horrifying fashion trend since Europe adopted the merkin in the 1600s to prevent lice. The popped collar is ascendant...