Legal Opinion
Matana v. Merkin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 30, 2013No. 13 Civ. 1534(PAE)PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Keren Matana (“KM”) brings this action against defendants J. Ezra Merkin and Gabriel Capital Corporation (“GCC”) (collectively, “defendants”). KM invested $1.5 million in Ascot Fund Limited (“Ascot Fund”), an off-shore hedge fund managed by Merkin and GCC. Ascot Fund, in turn, invested substantially all of its assets with Bernard Madoff. KM’s investment was wiped out following the revelation that Madoff was operating a massive Ponzi scheme. KM now brings state law claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the duty of good…
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