... and brokerage firms who recruited investors have come under intense scrutiny by the FBI, regulators and a court-appointed trustee overseeing the liquidation of Madoff's assets. The trustee and prosecutors have sought to go after assets ...

... We have no evidence to indicate securities were purchased for customer accounts" in the past 13 years, said court-appointed trustee Irving Picard at a packed, town-hall style meeting at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in lower Manhattan. "This ...

... AP) James Brown's possessions will be appraised and auctioned, in part to pay taxes his estate owes, court-appointed trustees said Wednesday. Attorney Adele Pope would not say exactly what items would be auctioned or how much they were ...

... for bankruptcy protection almost two years ago. For the last 1 1/2 years the cemetery has been operated by a court-appointed trustee, with monthly losses of some $40,000. If no buyer had come forward, Heritage Auxiliary Corp., an affiliate ...