Bernie Madoff

Bernie Madoff Victims to Receive Millions More

More than $2.7 billion has been distributed to almost 38,000 victims

Bernard Madoff is escorted into federal court in New York on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

Victims of Bernard Madoff will receive an additional $378.5 million in funds forfeited to the government in connection with his decades-long Ponzi scheme, the Justice Department said.

This distribution is the fifth in a series of payouts that will eventually return more than $4 billion to victims as compensation for losses they suffered from the collapse of the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, according to the Justice Department.

More than $2.7 billion has been distributed to almost 38,000 victims worldwide.

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