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Rich, famous, powerful among Madoff victims
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
AFP

NEW YORK, USA - The thousands of victims scammed by Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff include some of the world's top banks, richest business people and most celebrated stars.

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Many people who are not in the public eye also lost their life savings. But among those identified by the investigators and news reports as victims, or who have revealed they were swindled, are:

INDIVIDUALS

  • Veteran cable talk show host Larry King
  • DreamWorks Animation chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon
  • Spanish director Pedro Almodovar
  • Hollywood actor John Malkovich
  • Spain's richest woman, businesswoman Alicia Koplowitz
  • Real estate mogul Mort Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News and US News & World Report
  • US Senator Frank Lautenberg
  • Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, respectively owner and co-owner of the New York Mets baseball team

CHARITIES

  • Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg's charitable foundation
  • The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

  • Britain's Man Group investment fund
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • HSBC banking
  • France's BNP-Paribas
  • Netherland's Fortis Bank
  • The EIM hedge fund run by Arpad Busson, billionaire boyfriend of Hollywood actress Uma Thurman
  • Spain's Banco Santander
  • Luxalpha fund, a Luxembourg UBS bank fund that handled some of French billionaire L'Oreal owner Liliane Bettencourt's assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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