NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - The trustee recouping money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme on Wednesday sought court approval to release $1.25 billion from legal reserves, potentially boosting the total payout to $8.22 billion. Irving Picard, the trustee, said the request was made possible after a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Feb. 20 that victims were not entitled to "time-based" inflation or interest adjustments on their claims. Nearly three-quarters of the released reserves would be made available for immediate distribution to victims. The latest payout would be the second largest of...
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