Madoff trustee sues JPMorgan for $6.4bn

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The trustee trying to recover billions for the victims of Bernard Madoff yesterday sued JPMorgan for $6.4bn, claiming it was 'wilfully blind' to the giant fraud.

Trustee Irving Picard alleges the bank continued to collect fees and profits and ignored well-documented suspicions about Madoff, the Guardian reports. Picard hopes to recover at least $1bn in fees and profits and $5.4bn in damages, which would then be distributed to Madoff's victims. "JPMorgan was wilfully blind to the fraud, even after learning about numerous red flags surrounding Madoff," David Sheehan of Baker & Hostetler, legal counsel for the trustee, says. While many financial institutions were involved, Sheehan says JPMorgan was "at the very centre of that fraud, and thoro...

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