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Apr 6, 2009, 18:38 GMT

Madoff middleman charged with fraud

New York - An investment advisor who allegedly steered his clients' money to Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme was charged with fraud on Monday. J Ezra Merkin invested more than 2.4 billion dollars of his clients' money with Madoff, who pleaded guilty last month to the 50- billion-dollar scheme in which funds from new investors were used to pay off earlier ones. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Merkin with steering money to Madoff without his clients' permission in exchange for 470 million dollars in fees. He allegedly ignored signs that Madoff's business was a fraud, debunking investors for nearly two decades. Merkin is charged with violating business law for fraudulent conduct in the sale of securities, persistent fraud in the conduct of business and 720 breaches of fiduciary duty. Merkin's clients included several prominent charities.

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