However, he spent the following seasons on loan to Avellino and the Belgians Eupen before heading to Italian third-tier outfit Monza for the first half of this term.
At the time of his sister's divorce, Picower was working as a manager at an accountancy, while Bienes and his partner, Frank Avellino, had taken over Alpern's accounting firm and helped transform it into an early Madoff feeder fund.