And of that $10 billion only $4.9 billion has been returned to Madoff's victims so far. (Five things) So far, 16,519 complaints have been filed with Picard, of which 1,107 have been fully refunded and 1,410 have been partially refunded and are entitled to compensation. (Five things) This case was very interesting and I'm really happy I chose it for my article. It's amazing to me how a man with the right connections and the right social position can get away with it for so long. No one ever suspected him because he was the father of NASDAQ, he couldn't scam people out of billions of dollars. And not just random people, Mad Off targeted his own people, Jews and affiliated groups. He was very demanding and pretended like he didn't want anyone to know what he was doing, which in turn made more people want to get involved and give him even more money, it's just human