J. Ezra Merkin, the financier who invested billions of dollars of his clients' money with Bernard Madoff, has resigned as an officer of a wealthy New York City synagogue. Merkin declined the Fifth Avenue Synagogue's nomination to become chairman of its board of trustees on ...

J. Ezra Merkin, the hedge fund manager who invested billions of dollars of his clients' money with Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, has agreed to relinquish control of his funds to court-appointed trustees. The attorney general's office had requested the turnover agreement ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Receivers would take control of three hedge funds run by prominent money manager Ezra Merkin and linked to the Madoff fraud, lawyers for New York's top legal officer and Merkin said on Tuesday. The lawyers said in court they had reached an agreement in principal for one receiver to handle Ariel Fund Ltd and Gabriel Capital ...