Livewire NY Mets Agree To Madoff Settlement by David Taintor 03.19.12 | 7:05 am 1 Reuters reports: Owners of the New York Mets baseball team have agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud, just before a trial was scheduled to begin. Send Tips David Taintor is a New York-based senior editor who oversees breaking news coverage. He previously worked at NBC News.