Legal Opinion
Burton W. Wiand v. Roberta Schneiderman
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2015No. 14-11203PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge:
In January 2009, Burton Wiand was appointed the receiver of six hedge funds that were part of a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Arthur Nadel. Since that time, Wiand has been aggressively pursuing investors who made money in connection with Nadel’s fraudulent scheme. His purpose is to recover these alleged “false profits” so that the excess proceeds can be redistributed to the investors who lost money. Herbert Schneiderman (now deceased) was among the investors who made money, and thus became subject to one of Wiand’s “clawback” lawsuits.
The executors of Schneiderman’s…
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