Madoff Investor List Gets Longer

Here is the list of Bernard Madoff investors as of 31DEC2008...PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST CURRENT LIST: On 15DEC2008 it was announced that Madoff, possibly the person behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history, is set to release a more accurate list of investors today, but it supposedly will not be disclosed publicly as of yet. Madoff's number is $50 billion according to Madoff...at this point when totaled by others it comes to about $30 billion at this point. Those on this originally issued list (compiled by Bloomberg.com on 15DEC2008) read it and weep, most experts agree that investors will be lucky to recover 1 to 5 cents on the dollar:

Client                                         Total                      Source

Access International     $1.4 billion   Company statement,
Advisors                                Bloomberg Data

Banco Santander SA       2.33 billion   Company statement
             euros ($3.1
             billion)

Banque Benedict Hentsch  $48 million    Company statement
& Cie. SA

BBVA                     300 mln euros  Company Statement
             ($404 mln)

Benbassat & Cie.         $935 million   Reuters,
                             citing Le Temps

BNP Paribas SA           Up to 350      Company statement
             million euros
             ($478.2 mln)

Boston philanthropist    $145 million   Boston Globe
Carl Shapiro’s
charitable foundation

Bramdean Alternatives    9.5 percent    Company statement
Ltd.                     of assets

Clal Insurance           3 mln shekels  Company statement
             ($778,800)

CNP Assurances           3 mln euros    Company statement
             ($4.1 million)

Dexia SA                 78 million     Company statement
             euros ($106.9
             million)

EIM Group                $230 million   Reuters,
                             citing Le Temps

Elie Wiesel Foundation   Undetermined   Wall Street Journal
For Humanity

Fairfield Greenwich      $7.5 billion   Bloomberg News,
Group                                   Company Statement

Fix Asset Management     $400 million   Company Statement

Fortis Bank Netherlands  1 bln euros
             ($1.4 bln)

GMAC LLC Chairman        Most of its    Wall Street Journal
Jacob Ezra Merkin’s      $1.8 billion
Ascot Partners LLC       of assets

Groupama                 10 mln euros   Company Statement
             ($13.6 mln)

Harel Insurance          $14.2 million  Company statement
Investments & Financial
Services Ltd.

HSBC Holdings Plc        $1 billion     Company statement


JEHT Foundation          Undetermined;  Company Statement
             Will close.

Julian J. Levitt         $6 million     Washington Post
Foundation

Kingate Management Ltd.  $3.5 billion   Bloomberg News,
                             Bloomberg Data

Korea Life Insurance Co. $50 million    Yonhap News

Korea Teachers Pension   $9.1 million   Company statement

Leonard Litwin           Undetermined   Spokesman

Madoff Family Foundation $19 million    Washington Post

Man Group Plc            $360 million   Company statement

Maxam Capital            $280 million   Wall Street Journal
Management LLC

M&B Capital Partners     137.4          El Mundo newspaper
             million euros
             ($187.9 mln)

Mediobanca               $671,000       Company statement

Mirabaud & Cie.          A few million  Reuters,Le Temps
             Swiss Francs

Mort Zuckerman’s         $30 million    CNBC Interview
charitable trust

Natixis                  Up to 450      Company statement
             million euros
             ($614 mln)

Neue Privat Bank         $5 Million     Bloomberg News

New York Mets            Undetermined   Company statement
owner Fred Wilpon’s
Sterling Equities Inc.

Nomura Holdings Inc.     $302 Million   Company statement

Nordea Bank AB           48 mln euros   Company statement
             ($65.6 mln)

Norman Braman,           Undetermined   Wall Street Journal
Former owner of the
Philadelphia Eagles
Football Team

North Shore-Long Island  $5 million     Company statement
Jewish Health System

Notz, Stucki & Cie       Undetermined   Reuters,
                             citing Le Temps

Phoenix Holdings         48 mln shekels Company Statement
             ($12.42 mln)

Pioneer Alternative      Almost all     Bloomberg News
Investments              of its $280
             million of
             assets

Robert I. Lappin         $8 million     Washington Post
Charitable Foundation

Royal Bank of Canada     Less than      Globe and Mail
             C$50 million
             ($40 million)

Royal Bank of            $360 million   Company statement
Scotland Group Plc

Reichmuth & Co.’s        $330 million   Letter to clients
Reichmuth Matterhorn
fund

Societe Generale SA      Less than 10   Company statement
             million euros
             ($13.7 mln)

Technion                 25 mln shekels Company Statement
             ($6.5 mln)

Tremont Capital          $3.3 billion   Bloomberg News
Management

U.S. Senator Frank       Undetermined   Bergen Record,
Lautenberg’s                            Bloomberg News
Charitable Foundation

UniCredit SpA            75 mln euros   Company statement
             ($102.5 mln)

Union Bancaire Privee    # Less than    Company statement
             1.26 billion
             Swiss francs
             ($1.08 billion)

Steven Spielberg’s
Wunderkinder Foundation  Undetermined   Wall Street Journal

Yeshiva University       Undetermined   Washington Post
                             and statement

Total (approximate)      $29.9 billion

NOTE:
# Based on 1 percent of assets under management 
as of June 30, 2008.