NEW YORK CITY (SR) - New potential victims emerged of Wall Street veteran Bernard Madoff's alleged giant Ponzi scheme, with international banks, hedge funds, wealthy private investors, and even on-line news powerhouse Scooter's Report LLC among those sorting out what could amount to tens of billions of dollars in losses.
New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon, GMAC LLC Chairman J. Ezra Merkin, Scooter's Report owner Scooter Van Neuter, and former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman were among the dozens of seemingly sophisticated investors who placed money on what could prove to be history's largest financial scam.
"I'm wiped out," said Van Neuter, whose popular internet news organization had reportedly invested "many billions of dollars" with Madoff.
"What really hurts is that if I had a staff, I'd be forced to lay them all off - at Christmas no less," Van Neuter told reporters while receiving a poolside message at his Malibu estate. "It just kills me."
Scooter's Report's Scooter Van Neuter (center) and friends (file photo)
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