New York Mets Chairman and CEO Fred Wilpon, seen here at a Shea Stadium press conference on June 12, 2003, was listed among the early victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. His exposure is not known.
A lawyer for actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in May 1990, says the actress may have lost as much as $10 million invested with the accused swindler Bernard Madoff.
The name of actor John Malkovich, seen here in 2008, was on a list of clients released as part of the bankruptcy court proceedings.
Former model and heiress Sharon Lissaur spoke at the sentencing of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff. She told CBS that she gave all of her savings - including her entire inheritance after her mother died - to Madoff and lost everything.
Married actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick were also among the Madoff victims. Their publicist confirmed that the couple had investments with Madoff, but would not disclose how much money they may have lost.
Diane Peskin and her husband invested $3.2 million with Madoff from the proceeds of selling their business, which published a guide to gallery exhibitions around the country. Peskin told CBS that Madoff's crimes caused her husband to be severely depressed, which she said has been heart-wrenching for their children. "He's just not the same person," she said.
Movie director Steven Spielberg lost money through his Wunderkind charitable foundation, but the exact amount is unknown.
Sheryl Stein, a CPA who knew Madoff personally for 20 years, invested millions with his firm. She said she became an individual investor with Madoff after an extensive review by a financial advisory and some press in 1992 that gave him a thumbs-up. "Bernie didn't ask for money. His thing was to be asked," Stein said. She noted that he had an "aura," and that people were grateful to place their money with him.
Real estate magnate and publisher Mort Zuckerman, pictured at the Museum of the Moving Image Salute to Ron Howard on Dec. 4, 2005, in New York, lost about 10 percent of a charitable trust.
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, the charitable foundation of author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, said it had virtually all of its $15 million in assets invested with Madoff.
Another victim was the charitable foundation of the family of New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, seen here with singer/songwriter Jewel during her visit to Capitol Hill in Washington on June 19, 2007.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., was another victim. His losses are unknown, but are said to be in the millions.
Norman Braman, former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, has been listed among the Ponzi scheme victims. He is seen here hugging his attorney after closing statements for a lawsuit in which he challenged a $3 billion public works financing plan that included money for a new Florida Marlins ballpark.
Fugitive financier Marc Rich and his Marc Rich group had some exposure, classified by a spokesman as "insignificant" for the group.
The name of former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax was on a a list of clients released as part of the bankruptcy court proceedings. Koufax, center, is shown hugging Dodgers new manager Joe Torre, left, at the opening day baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 31, 2008.
Talk show host Larry King was among those named on a list of clients released as part of the bankruptcy court proceedings.