Bernie Madoff

Somers’ Monologue: What Will Mets Do With All That Money Saved?

Maybe they’ll go out and get some other players, somebody that you might want to pay very good money to see?

WFAN–2011/12/06

New York Mets fans at Citi Field - Queens, NY - Sep 28, 2011 (credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Hartnett: The Wilpons Ruined Mets’ Golden Opportunity

Reyes joining the Marlins can only leave Mets fans with feelings of what could have been. With stable ownership, Reyes would have been NY’s centerpiece for years to come.

WFAN–2011/12/05

Sandy Alderson (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images), Jose Reyes (credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Alderson: Mets Never Made Formal Offer To Miami-Bound Jose Reyes

For Miami, the winter meetings are set to open with a bang. For Mets fans, a bust.

WFAN–2011/12/05

Report: Mets Lose Reyes To Marlins; Shortstop To Sign 6-Year Deal

According to ESPN, Reyes, the reigning NL batting champion, will sign a six-year, $106 million deal early this week.

WFAN–2011/12/04

New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon speaks to the media. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mets Cut Staff By Less Than 10 Percent

The New York Mets say they have cut some of their business staff.

WFAN–2011/11/05

Ellen Gabriel told her story Wednesday to CBS 2's Jennifer McLogan. (credit: CBS 2)

EXCLUSIVE: L.I. Victim Of ‘Mini-Madoff’ Swindle Speaks Out About Plight

Ellen Gabriel, of East Yaphank, is now working three jobs in salons to just get by after her life was upended by Nicholas Cosmo, who ripped off 4,000 innocent victims

2011/11/02

New York Mets Owner Fred Wilpon (file / credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Lawyers: Tentative Deal In $16M Mets-Madoff Suit

Lawyers say they’ve reached a tentative settlement of a lawsuit blaming the New York Mets’ owners for losing more than $16 million in 401(k) assets by investing with failed financier Bernard Madoff.

2011/11/02

Questions Abound After Andrew Madoff Denies Knowledge Of Dad Bernie’s Swindle

Bernie Madoff’s sole serving son, Andrew, insists that even though he worked in the firm, he had no idea what his father was up to and that his part of the business was on the up and up.

2011/10/31

Mark Madoff (credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Madoff Daughter-In-Law: I Will Tell My Young Children Their Grandfather Was Evil

Stephanie Mack (formerly Madoff Mack) told People magazine recently that the final months before her husband, Mark Madoff, killed himself he was in agony over what his father had done.

2011/10/19

FILE - Nicholas Cosmo (right) (credit: CBS 2)

L.I. Businessman Dubbed ‘Mini-Madoff’ Gets 25 Years

Nicholas Cosmo also was ordered to pay $179 million in restitution with money he doesn’t have.

2011/10/14

Owner Fred Wilpon (L) and his son, Jeff Wilpon, of the Mets (credit: Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Judge: Mets Could Owe $386M At Most In Madoff Suit

The Mets could be forced to pay up to $386 million to resolve claims by Irving Picard — nowhere near the $1 billion he was originally asking for.

WFAN–2011/09/28

Mets owner Fred Wilpon (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kallas: A Big Win For Met Ownership In Madoff Case, But It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over

Any way you look at it, the 18-page decision filed yesterday by United States District Judge Jed Rakoff in the Mets/Madoff case has to be viewed as a win, even a vindication of sorts, for Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz.

2011/09/28

Fred Wilpon (credit: Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Only Part Of Suit Against Mets Owners In Madoff Case Allowed To Proceed

A judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed in limited form against the owners of the New York Mets by the trustee recovering money for investors who lost money to jailed financier Bernard Madoff.

2011/09/27

Kallas: A Win For The Wilpon/Katz Group In Federal District Court

The Wilpon/Katz group won a big victory by the mere fact that Judge Rakoff has decided to keep the whole trial (if there is a trial, which there probably will be) in federal district court and not in bankruptcy court.

WFAN–2011/08/22

Kallas: No Surprise As 2nd Circuit Rejects Wilpon/Katz Arguments In Madoff Case

The Second Circuit rejected any argument for a different definition of net equity, leaving intact the definition set forth by Picard and affirmed by Bankruptcy Judge Lifland. Good news for the Mets’ owners.

WFAN–2011/08/17

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