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Jeffry Picower
Largest net-winner from BLMIS; estate paid $7.2B settlement
Tracked Single largest extractor of fictitious profits from the Madoff scheme; settlement is a fixed point for victim recovery math.
// Editorial summary — AI-generated from public records
Investor and largest single beneficiary of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Drowned October 25, 2009. His widow Barbara Picower settled with the BLMIS trustee for $7.2 billion in December 2010 — the largest forfeiture in U.S. history at the time.
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Picower was the single largest net-winner from the BLMIS scheme; estate forfeited $7.2 billion to trustee and U.S. government in December 2010.
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On December 17, 2010 his widow Barbara Picower agreed to forfeit $7.2 billion to the BLMIS trustee and U.S. government — the largest single forfeiture in U.S. history at the time.
Date: 2010-12-17
Added: 20 Apr 2026
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Drowned in his Palm Beach swimming pool October 25, 2009.
Date: 2009-10-25
Added: 20 Apr 2026
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Largest single net-winner from the BLMIS Ponzi scheme; withdrawals from his accounts substantially exceeded principal contributions.
Added: 20 Apr 2026
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Picower was the single largest net-winner from the BLMIS scheme; estate forfeited $7.2 billion to trustee and U.S. government in December 2010.
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