Fairfield Greenwich Group‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍

Largest single feeder organization to BLMIS via Fairfield Sentry

Tracked Largest documented institutional conduit of victim capital into the Madoff Ponzi scheme; principals had separate financial-elite networks worth mapping.

// Editorial summary — AI-generated from public records

New York–based hedge-fund group founded in 1983; principal sponsor of the Fairfield Sentry Fund, the single largest BLMIS feeder fund. At collapse, Fairfield-managed vehicles held approximately $7.5 billion in BLMIS — the largest victim exposure of any feeder organization.

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Pending Review In May 2011 Fairfield Greenwich Group affiliates settled with the BLMIS SIPA Trustee Irving Picard for approximately $80 million; in Septembe‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍r 2009 Fairfield Greenwich separately settled with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for $8 million over disclosure violations.

Date: 2011-05-09 Added: 21 Apr 2026

Pending Review At the time of the December 2008 BLMIS collapse, Fairfield-managed feeder vehicles (principally Fairfield Sentry) held approx‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍imately $7.5 billion invested with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities — the largest exposure of any feeder organization.

Date: 2008-12-11 Added: 21 Apr 2026

Pending Review Founded 1983 by Walter Noel and Jeffrey Tucker as a New York–based hedge-fund group; sponsor of the Fa‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍irfield Sentry Fund (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands), the single largest BLMIS feeder fund.

Date: 1983-01-01 Added: 21 Apr 2026

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→ Entity #11474

managing_partner secondary

Andrés Piedrahíta was a senior partner at Fairfield Greenwich Group, running the European and Latin American sales channel that brought much of the non-U.S. capital into Fairfield Sentry.

→ Entity #11473

co_founder secondary since 1983-01-01

Jeffrey Tucker co-founded Fairfield Greenwich Group in 1983 with Walter Noel; previously an SEC enforcement attorney.

→ Entity #11472

co_founder secondary since 1983-01-01

Walter Noel co-founded Fairfield Greenwich Group in 1983 with Jeffrey Tucker.

→ Entity #11571

parent_subsidiary secondary since 1990-01-01

Fairfield Greenwich Group organized the BVI-domiciled Fairfield Sentry Limited in 1990 as its principal BLMIS feeder vehicle. The U.S. parent and the BVI vehicle together held the largest single feeder exposure to BLMIS at the December 2008 collapse.

← Entity #11355

feeder_fund secondary

FGG sponsored the Fairfield Sentry Fund and related vehicles which together held approximately $7.5 billion of customer money in BLMIS at the December 2008 collapse — the single largest feeder exposure.

← Entity #11358

settlement secondary since 2011-05-09

Fairfield Greenwich affiliates settled with the BLMIS SIPA Trustee Irving Picard in May 2011 for approximately $80 million.

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