<div id="subtitle">Judge dismisses civil Madoff-related securities fraud charges against N.Y.-based company</div><div><p>Finding accusations "speculative and flimsy," a judge has dismissed civil securities fraud charges against a New York brokerage firm and its executives that resulted from a probe into Bernard Madoff's epic fraud.&lt ...

<div><p>BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal court dismissed fraud claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against three Cohmad Securities Corp executives accused of helping Bernard Madoff conduct a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.</p><p>In an order released on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A firm co-founded by Bernard Madoff has asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to dismiss a roughly $100 million lawsuit accusing it of helping to fund billions of dollars to the now-imprisoned swindler.</p><p>Cohmad Securities Corp alleged that Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee for Bernard ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A friend of Bernard Madoff accused of helping fund billions of dollars to the imprisoned swindler asked judges to dismiss charges against him by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the trustee of Madoff's investment advisory firm.</p><p>Lawyers for Robert Jaffe asked ...