NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators helping with the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's brokerage now have information going back about 13 years about the accused swindler's activities and "we are getting a feel for how this operation worked," the trustee for the firm said on Friday.
Court-appointed trustee Irving Picard spoke at a meeting for Madoff creditors, who include wealthy individuals and other investors, at a U.S. Bankruptcy Court meeting in Manhattan.
He said he had found no evidence that securities were purchased for customer accounts at the Madoff operation in his investigation of the purported $50 billion fraud.
Picard also said Madoff customers who have already submitted claims seeking to have their money returned are to receive letters in a week or two on how their claims will be treated. About 2,350 customer claims had been filed through Thursday, he said.
(Reporting by Grant McCool and Caroline Humer, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
