[Liz]

CIRCA 2009 Investigators from three countries have joined forces in a bid to nail suspected accomplices of swindler Bernie Madoff trying to prove a Vienna fund manager was paid by Madoff to funnel billions of dollars in European investments to his Ponzi scheme.

Gerhard Jarosch, spokesman for the Vienna public prosecutor's office, confirmed his office is aiding the DOJ and Britain's Serious Fraud Office in separate investigations of Bank Medici AG and its chairwoman, Sonja Kohn. Both Kohn, 60, and Medici also have been the focus of a fraud investigation in Austria since Feb, Jarosch said, stressing that Kohn has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.

Her attorney, Andreas Theiss, insisted she had no personal dealings with Madoff. Vienna-based Bank Medici disclosed in December 2008 that it had suffered huge losses it blamed on Madoff.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yep, Sonja was the one I was thinking of.