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...Erzra Merkin, a major "feeder fund" to Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scam, was charged today with fraud and deception by New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo...
...civil lawsuit filed in New York's Supreme Court said Merkin "duped individual investors, non-profits and charities into believing he was responsibly managing their investments, when in actuality he was dumping them into history's largest Ponzi scheme." (Read a brief history of Ponzi schemes...
...disappointed that the Attorney General of the State of New York has filed this hasty and ill-conceived civil lawsuit, against which we intend to defend vigorously," said Merkin's lawyer, Andrew Levander, in response to the charges. "The evidence shows that this lawsuit is without merit. Contrary to the Attorney General's allegation, investors in the Ascot Funds were well aware that the money was being invested with Madoff...
Similarly, New York Attorney General Cuomo's complaint against Merkin alleges he repeatedly lied to investors and prospective investors about how funds were invested...
...Merkin told investors all of Ascot's assets were maintained in a Morgan Stanley brokerage account, and not with Madoff. In addition, Cuomo charges, Merkin "commingled his personal funds" with his investment funds for his personal benefit, including the purchase of over $91 million in artwork for his New York apartment...