In this Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, J. Ezra Merkin, managing partner of Gabriel Capital Group, seen during a ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday, April 6, 2009 filed civil fraud charges against Merkin, a hedge fund manager who funneled billions of dollars in client money to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

In this Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, J. Ezra Merkin, managing partner of Gabriel Capital Group, seen during a ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday, April 6, 2009 filed civil fraud charges against Merkin, a hedge fund manager who funneled billions of dollars in client money to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff.

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  1. TROY, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (R) attends an appearance by President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York. Obama has reportedly asked current New York Gov. David Paterson to step aside in the race for governor as his support in New York has dropped precipitously. Many Democrat party leaders prefer Cuomo for the governor's race should he decide to run.
  2. TROY, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (R) attends an appearance by President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York. Obama has reportedly asked current New York Gov. David Paterson to step aside in the race for governor as his support in New York has dropped precipitously. Many Democrat party leaders prefer Cuomo for the governor's race should he decide to run.
  3. TROY, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (R) attends an appearance by President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York. Obama has reportedly asked current New York Gov. David Paterson to step aside in the race for governor as his support in New York has dropped precipitously. Many Democrat party leaders prefer Cuomo for the governor's race should he decide to run.
  4. TROY, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (C) attends an appearance by President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College on September 21, 2009 in Troy, New York. Obama has reportedly asked current New York Gov. David Paterson to step aside in the race for governor as his support in New York has dropped precipitously. Many Democrat party leaders prefer Cuomo for the governor's race should he decide to run.
  5. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, right, sits near Gov. David Paterson, center left, as they await the arrival of President Barack Obama at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  6. President Barack Obama greets New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, right, as New York Gov. David Paterson, is seen second from right, before Obama speaks about the economy, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.
  7. The Intel logo is advertised on a computer at an electronic store in Phoenix, Arizona November 4, 2009. Intel Corp was sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who accused the world's largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars in kickbacks to maintain its market dominance.
  8. The Intel logo is advertised on the side of a computer box at an electronic store in Phoenix, Arizona November 4, 2009. Intel Corp was sued Wednesday by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who accused the world's largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars in kickbacks to maintain its market dominance.
  9. Everything in Bernard Madoff's study in his Palm Beach, Fla. home Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, is tagged for auction after the house was seized by the US government.
  10. Bernard Madoff's boat, Bull, cruises a waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 as it waits to be sold at auction.
  11. Bernard Madoff's boat, Bull, cruises a waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 as it waits to be sold at auction.
  12. Bernard Madoff's boat, Bull, features three small state rooms with bunk beds, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 rather than a large state room with regular size beds as it waits to be sold at auction in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  13. Bernard Madoff's boat, Bull, is impounded at the National Liquidators dock in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. The boat and Madoff's house and New York apartment will be sold at public auction.
  14. RNPS YEAR 2009 - Barbara Karen Dweck stands with hands painted as blood stains outside Manhattan federal court house after Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York, March 12, 2009. Multimillionaire swindler Bernard Madoff is leaving the luxury of his Manhattan penthouse to become just another inmate in a crowded jail. The 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman who pleaded guilty to fraud on Thursday in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, will likely share an 8-foot-by-7-1/2-foot cell with another inmate while he awaits sentencing, scheduled for June 16 by Judge Denny Chin.
  15. Bernard Madoff walks back to his apartment in New York December 17, 2008. Disgraced financier Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was placed under house arrest on Wednesday as BNP Paribas became the latest European bank to be sideswiped by the scandal. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton.
  16. A Shelter Island Runabout sport vessel owned by Bernard Madoff named "Sitting Bull" sits in the dockyard National Liquidators in Davie, Florida November 16, 2009. The 38-footer is among three Madoff vessels up for sale in a live auction tomorrow with proceeds going to victim restitution.

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