中国日报网环球在线消息：据美国媒体报道，随着美国巨额金融诈骗嫌疑人、纳斯达克股票市场公司前董事会主席伯纳德·麦道夫锒铛入狱，对其资产的清算也在有序进行。本周五（3月27日），变卖麦道夫公司部分业务的交易已达成初步意向，可能以1500万美元的价格出售给波士顿一家证券公司。
由法庭指派监督麦道夫资产清算的公司董事皮卡德27日宣布，他已经与波士顿一家证券公司达成意向，出售其运转良好的做市商（Market-making）业务。据称麦道夫公司的做市商业务运转良好，意向购买方也对该业务部门的信誉持肯定态度。
麦道夫公司的做市商业务一直由他的兄弟和两个儿子运营，与其私密投资骗局毫不相干。上个月皮卡德已经证实，该业务部门是合法经营，并将公开出售。
皮卡德发表声明说，1500万美元的价格并不是最终售价，还有可能有更高的竞标者。麦道夫本人最近给出的公司估价是7亿美元，而目前的竞标价格只是麦道夫估价的凤毛麟角。据报道，出售该业务所得利润将用于赔偿那些麦道夫诈骗案的受害者。
3月12日，涉嫌制造美国历史上最大金融诈骗案的犯罪嫌疑人麦道夫对包括证券欺诈、洗钱、作伪证等11项指控全部认罪，随后被警方收监入狱并可能面临长达150年刑期，法院将于6月16日对其进行宣判。
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Trustee agrees to sell part of Madoff"s business
4 2009-03-28 14:31
NEW YORK (AP) _ A deal has been reached to sell the partofBernard Madoff"s company that investigators are fairly certainwashonestly run, and the company buying the operation said itisconfident it isn"t acquiring a den of thieves.
A court-appointed trustee overseeing the liquidation ofMadoff"sassets announced Friday he has reached a potential $15million dealto sell his market-making business to theBostonfirmCastor PolluxSecurities.
The agreement leaves open the possibility that the operationcouldgo to a higher bidder before the sale is finalized, trusteeIrvingPicard said in a statement.
The sale price is just a fraction of the $700 million thatMadoffhimself recently estimated the business was worth _ a figurethathad been laughed off as irrational by some experts.
Revenue generated by the sale will be used to reimburseMadoff"svictims.
The market-making division managed by Madoff"s brother andtwosons was sete from the secretive investment advisorybusinesscentral to the scam. At a forum last month for victims,Picard saidinvestigators had concluded the trading operation waslegitimateand should be sold to the highest bidder.
Madoff, 70, faces a maximum sentence of 150 years in prisonafterpleading guilty earlier this month to 11 charges includingfraud,perjury and money laundering. He was jailed whileawaitingsentencing.
During the plea, Madoff described the investment advisorybusinessas "the vehicle of my wrongdoing." But he also insisted"the otherbusinesses my firm engaged in, proprietary trading andmarketmaking, were legitimate, profitable and successful inallrespects."
the fraud. They say the investigation could drag outformonths.
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