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Some victims of Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme will be able to recover about $1.1 million each, according to federal court papers filed on Tuesday.

Anyone who invested up to $1,161,000 with the crook “will be fully satisfied” and get their entire principal back, according to Securities Investment Protection Corporation – the organization responsible for returning money to Madoff victims.

Investors with less than $1.1 million comprise 56 percent of victims. And all together, $10.8 billion has been recovered for victims, the SIPC claimed.

“That is much more than anyone could have expected at the start of the case in 2008,” said Stephen Harbeck, president and CEO of SIPC.

Victims who handed Madoff more than $1.1 million should get up to 57 percent of their money back, according to SIPC.

Madoff, 77, defrauded thousands of investors and he’s now serving a 150-year prison sentence.

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