NY suit seeks $30 million in Madoff family money (AP)

The court-appointed trustee hunting for money to pay investors who lost billions of dollars in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has sued more than two dozen entities related to a New York-based hedge fund.

A fuel service company has sued the trustee in charge of liquidating Bernard Madoff's assets, seeking to recover $10 million it invested with the disgraced financier.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A fuel service company has sued the trustee in charge of liquidating Bernard Madoff's assets, seeking to recover $10 million it invested with the disgraced financier....

The trustee attempting to recover billions of dollars stolen by convicted Wall Street con man Bernard Madoff has targeted family members he says used the ill-gotten gains to fund "lavish lifestyles."Three lawsuits filed late Thursday in federal bankruptcy court in New York seek to retrieve about 30 million dollars from entities linked to Madoff's immediate family.

A court-appointed trustee sued the brother, sons and a niece of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff Friday for US$198-million, accusing them of milking the family-run business while they were executives of the firm.

A trustee trying to recover Bernard Madoff's assets to reimburse investors has sued his brother, sons and a niece to recover nearly $200 million.

Ruth Madoff, wife of imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, was sued Wednesday by a court-appointed trustee seeking $45 million in funds to compensate victims.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a "piggy bank," a court-appointed trustee charged Friday as he demanded in a lawsuit that they return almost $200 million in money to be distributed to cheated investors....