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    Mets Made $48 Million With Madoff, But Wilpon May Have Lost Lots More
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    He is rumored to have lost a lot: The Post reminds us, "Wilpon, chairman of the Sterling Equities real-estate investment firm, personally lost $700 million investing with Madoff, pal Larry King told GQ magazine earlier this year, although at the time the Mets said: 'The numbers speculated continue to be inaccurate." Who knows how many accounts the Mets, Sterling and Wilpon had with the Mets. Full Article at Gothamist
    Wilpon, chairman of the Sterling Equities real-estate investment firm, personally lost $700 million investing with Madoff, pal Larry King told GQ magazine earlier this year, although at the time the Mets said: 'The numbers speculated continue to be inaccurate.
    SOURCE: Gothamist 1 month ago
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Mets Made $48 Million With Madoff, But Wilpon May Have Lost Lots More
  1. Mets LP, one of the team’s financial arms, withdrew $570.5 million from two accounts it held with Madoff’s company, $47.8 million more than it put in.
    SOURCE: Gothamist 1 month ago

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