Madoff, Stanford fraud victims refused appeals by U.S. top court

Victims of the Ponzi schemes of Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford, two of the largest in U.S. history, suffered setbacks on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals in two cases seeking to recoup more money for them. In the Madoff case, the court rejected a request by Irving Picard, the trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, to review the dismissal of his claims against banks he accused of enabling Madoff’s fraud. Separately, the court rejected a request by Ralph Janvey, a receiver unwinding Stanford’s businesses, to review a ruling that blocked him from pursuing claims against Stanford employees on behalf of the receivership’s creditors, not the businesses themselves. More on Reuters here.