MF Global Customer Money Unvaporized: 'Substantial Portion Went to JP Morgan'

MF Global Customer Money Unvaporized: 'Substantial Portion Went to JP Morgan'

"The final $680 million or so was transferred to other financial institutions with which MF Global did business, including a substantial portion that went to JPMorgan. Giddens said his team has "a solid basis for seeking the recovery of some of the funds that were transferred to JPMorgan," and is engaged in ongoing talks on the issue."

As they say in the trade, Q. E. D.   (quod erat demonstrandum)

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$1.6 billion in missing MF Global funds traced
By James O'Toole
April 24, 2012: 6:49 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Investigators probing the collapse of bankrupt brokerage MF Global said Tuesday that they have located the $1.6 billion in customer money that had gone missing from the firm.

But just how much of those funds can be returned to the firm's clients, and who will be held responsible for their misappropriation, remains to be seen.
James Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global Inc, told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday that his team's analysis of how the money went missing "is substantially concluded."