The trustee, Irving Picard, sought $198.7 million from Madoff's brother, Peter, who had worked at Madoff's Manhattan investment company since 1965, and sons, Mark and Andrew.

Also sued was Shana D. Madoff, Bernard Madoff's niece and Peter Madoff's daughter.

Lawyers for the Madoff's brother and sons did not immediately return a phone call for comment. A message for comment left at Shana Madoff's East Hampton home was not immediately returned.

Lawyers for Picard said in papers filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan that Madoff's family-run business "was operated as if it were the family piggy bank."

They said each of the family members withdrew huge sums of money to fund personal business ventures and to pay for expenses ranging from multimillion dollar homes, cars and boats to monthly credit card charges for restaurants, vacations and clothing.

The lawyers said $141 million identified as fraudulent proceeds were received by the family members in the six years before Madoff surrendered and revealed his plot last December while at least $58 million was received in the last two years.

Peter Madoff was the company's senior managing director and chief compliance officer while Mark and Andrew shared the title of co-director of trading.

Mark had worked with his father at the company since 1986 while Andrew had been there since 1988.

Shana Madoff, a lawyer, had worked there since 1995 as compliance counsel and in-house counsel, the court papers said.

A look at President Barack Obama's nominees to fill federal court vacancies:

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NOMINEES CONFIRMED

_ Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, nominated June 1, confirmed Aug. 6.

_ Gerard Lynch, 2nd Circuit, nominated April 2, confirmed Sept. 17.

_ Jeffrey L. Viken, district judge-South Dakota, nominated June 25, confirmed Sept. 29.

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APPEALS COURT NOMINEES AWAITING CONFIRMATION

_ Joseph A. Greenaway, 3rd Circuit, nominated June 19.

_ Thomas I. Vanaskie, 3rd Circuit, nominated Aug. 6.

_ Andre M. Davis, 4th Circuit, nominated April 2.

_ Barbara Milano Keenan, 4th Circuit, nominated Sept. 14.

_ Jane Branstetter Stranch, 6th Circuit, nominated Aug. 6.

_ David F. Hamilton, 7th Circuit, nominated March 17.

_ Beverly Baldwin Martin, 11th Circuit, nominated June 19.

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DISTRICT COURT NOMINEES AWAITING CONFIRMATION

_ Irene Cornelia Berger, district judge-West Virginia, nominated July 8.

_ Louis Butler Jr., district judge-Wisconsin, nominated Sept. 30.

_ Edward Milton Chen, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.

_ Charlene Edwards Honeywell, district judge-Florida, nominated June 25.

_ Dolly M. Gee, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.

_ Abdul K. Kallon, district judge-Alabama, nominated July 31.

_ Roberto A. Lange, district judge-South Dakota, nominated July 8.

_ Jacqueline H. Nguyen, district judge-California, nominated July 31.

_ Richard Seeborg, district judge-California, nominated Aug. 6.

The 41-year-old Lange was charged following the July 10 accident in Toms River, about 40 miles southeast of Trenton. He entered his plea Wednesday in municipal court.

Judge James Ligouri revoked his driving privileges for seven months.

Lange, a regular on radio's "Howard Stern Show," said he was under the influence of prescribed sleeping pills, which he had last taken the night before the crash.