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NY Mets owners in $162 million Madoff settlement: judge


    (Reuters) - Owners of the New York Mets baseball team have agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud.

    The settlement was announced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff on Monday, just before a trial was scheduled to begin in the case.

    (Reporting By Grant McCool; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)