Sonja Kohn

The deal was struck with Dublin-based Thema International Fund, part of a web of offshore entities linked to Austrian banker Sonja Kohn, an old friend of Madoff's, and the Benbassat family of Swiss investment professionals. They gave Madoff vital access to cash as his Ponzi scheme began to lose steam, ...

Sonja Kohn never had trouble reaching Bernie Madoff, whether by phone or in person. “I would always put her in to Bernie, because he always wanted to talk to her,” recalls Eleanor Squillari, Madoff's personal secretary for 20 years. When Kohn ventured from Europe to visit Bernard L. Madoff Investment ...

In photos, accused Bernard Madoff co-conspirator Sonja Kohn looks something between the prototypical bubbe and the Queen of England, though she may be richer than the queen. Ms. Kohn, the Austrian-born, fervently Orthodox founder of Bank Medici, reportedly steered more than $9 billion from ...

Meet Sonja Kohn, The "Criminal Soulmate" And "Evil Twin" Bernie Madoff Would Have Been Lost Without ... Sonja Kohn. World Newspaper Madoff trustee Irving Picard filed the biggest of his numerous lawsuits against Sonja Kohn, Madoff's biggest ally who's often called his "evil twin" because she looks ...

The central defendant in the complaint is Sonja Kohn, who was the hub of a complex network of European and Caribbean funds that channeled money to Mr. Madoff. A well-connected banker in her native Vienna, Ms. Kohn insisted she never suspected her trusted friend was running a global Ponzi scheme.

VIENNA — With an aggressive style that stood out in the staid world of Austrian banking even more than her bouffant red wig, Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now, she has even fewer. Mrs. Kohn has dropped out of ...

VIENNA — With an aggressive style that stood out in the staid world of Austrian banking even more than her bouffant red wig, Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now, she has even fewer. Mrs. Kohn has dropped out of ...