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· 12/7/1993

Emerson v. Maples (In Re Mark Benskin & Co.)

Citations

  • 161 B.R. 644
  • 1993 Bankr. LEXIS 1805
  • 24 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 1649
  • 1993 WL 511982

How courts have described this case

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  • requiring \(1) a wrongful act; (2) specific property acquired by the wrongdoer which is traceable to the wrongful behavior; and (3) an equitable reason why the party holding the property should not be allowed to keep it\
  • “Section 548(a) does not, moreover, test the knowledge or intent of the transferee. It is the debtor/transferor’s intent ... that is at issue.”
  • statutory language makes clear that intent to defraud can be inferred merely from the operation of a Ponzi scheme

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Judges: William H. Brown

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