A federal judge approved JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s $543 million deal ending lawsuits stemming from the bank’s relationship with Bernard Madoff.
The bank’s settlement with the trustee for Bernard Madoff’s defunct firm was approved by the judge overseeing its liquidation.
JPMorgan’s Madoff linkage
Bernard Madoff, one of the most notorious financial criminals in living memory, orchestrated a Ponzi scheme in which investors lost over $17 billion. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) was Bernard Madoff’s banker for about two decades. The bank’s national banking unit reportedly violated the...


