The U.S. Attorney's Office sought the seizures to secure, maintain, and ultimately sell these Madoff assets to maximize recovery for victims in connection with criminal forfeiture proceedings against Madoff. Criminal forfeiture is a mandatory element of Madoff's sentence, which is presently scheduled for June 16, 2009. The U.S. Attorney's Office will ask that property forfeited in the criminal case against Madoff be sold and used to compensate victims.
Mr. Dassin thanked the USMS for its ongoing assistance in the forfeiture proceedings. Mr. Dassin also thanked the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for their assistance.
Assistant United States Attorneys Barbara A. Ward and Sharon Frase of the Asset Forfeiture Unit, together with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marc Litt, Lisa A. Baroni and William J. Stellmach are in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice