Madoff Unit Auctioned For $25.5 Million

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's market-making business was sold at an auction on Monday to Castor Pollux Securities LLC for up to $25.5 million, a fraction of what it was worth previously, as part of an increasingly contentious global effort to recover money for the swindler's defrauded customers.

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