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A trustee appointed by a New York court to recover money for victims of Bernard Madoff's massive fraud is now seeking billions of dollars more from J.P. Morgan Chase, a bank the disgraced financier often used.
Irving H. Picard announced that an amended complaint was filed in federal court in Manhattan seeking at least $19 billion in damages from the bank. The trustee had initially sought $6.4 billion.
Lawyers for the trustee said in a statement Friday that the newly filed complaint adds evidence and detail to previous allegations that the bank knew about the fraud.
A spokeswoman for J.P. Morgan Chase did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
The bank has previously accused the trustee of "blatantly distorting" its role.
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