Family Members
Picard has sought a total of $198.7 million from Peter Madoff and other members of Bernard Madoff's family, including his son Mark, who committed suicide in December, and niece Shana Madoff Swanson, who had jobs at the defunct firm, according to court documents.
Peter Madoff was chief compliance officer at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He was among those to whom Bernard Madoff confessed shortly before his arrest, according to Ira Sorkin, a lawyer for Bernard Madoff. Peter Madoff also co- signed Bernard Madoff's $10 million bond following the money manager's arrest.
Liquidators of the U.K. firm previously said a 1964 Aston Martin was delivered to Peter Madoff at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2008. The U.K. firm, Madoff Securities International Ltd., wire-transferred about $200,000 to Gaydon, England-based Aston Martin to buy the car for Peter Madoff, they said in court documents filed in 2009.
The main case is Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 08-ap-1789, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).