GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The state auditor’s office says at least 33 Montana investors lost at least $18 million in Bernard Madoff’s estimated $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Lynne Egan, chief of securities examinations and licensing, says an investment adviser contacted her to report the loss incurred by himself and his clients, including his 94-year-old mother.
Egan declined to name the adviser, saying he’s devastated. Egan says the adviser’s clients have had money invested with Madoff since 2002 and had been receiving a monthly income from the investment.
With a confirmed victim in Montana, Egan says she can now ask for a full list of Montana investors who lost money. Egan says she expects there will be more Montana victims.