The trustee in charge of the bankruptcy of Bernie Madoff’s investment firm spent $26.9 million in the six months ended Sept. 30. In that time, it has recovered $849,000 for the victims of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

The single largest expense for the period was $15.8 million in legal fees to trustee Irving Picard’s law firm, Baker Hostetler, Bloomberg News reported.

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Madoff Trustee Spent $26.9 Million, Recovered $849,000 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:16:00.

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