Mr. Merkin is also engaged in settlement discussions with the attorney general, said a person familiar with the matter.

WSJ: Life After Bernie Madoff's 'Big Lie'

Mr. Merkin is no longer the president of the elite Fifth Avenue Synagogue on New York's Upper East Side.

WSJ: Life After Bernie Madoff's 'Big Lie'

"This has been a horrendous two years for Mr. Merkin and his family, " said Mr. Merkin's attorney Andrew Levander.

WSJ: Life After Bernie Madoff's 'Big Lie'

I'd like to know if Merkin got fees from Madoff for this gambit.

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Merkin is also a board member of the X Prize Foundation.

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Ezra Merkin to surface from the sewers under Broad and Wall.

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The Heritage prize was conceived by Dr. Richard Merkin, founder and CEO of Heritage Provider Network, a managed care group which is hoping to use the winning results for its providers.

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This week, in the attorney general's case, Mr. Merkin's lawyer filed reams of documents and correspondence between Mr. Merkin and his clients in an attempt to show that some knew his funds were largely "feeders" to Madoff.

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Ezra Merkin in this circle of evil.

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Mr. Merkin still lives at his duplex at 740 Park Avenue the storied Manhattan apartment building that was the girlhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and has boasted high-profile residents such as ex-Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain and designer Vera Wang.

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