Mr. Spitzer's lawsuit estimated the amount of missing money at about $117,000.
At the time, the revelation of missing money was about to scuttle a last-minute deal to sell part of MF Global to another brokerage firm.
The missing money, thought to be about $1.2 billion, has prompted several federal investigations in recent weeks.
The first allegations about missing money surfaced when a former basketball-team employee told the Sands that Mr. Yang was double-dealing, charging the company an inflated price for the sponsorship and pocketing the difference.
One investigator, who asked not to be identified, said he got an initial tip about missing money involving a candidate to be a chief financial officer on the links.
Mr. Giddens, who already returned about 89 percent of the missing money, recently sought court approval to dole out up to about 97 percent.
The examiner said she truthfully answered all the questions about the missing money, a report from May 9 , 1996 shows.
Customers, including farmers, hedge funds and other small traders, have been very frustrated with the pace of the investigation and the dearth of updates about their missing money.
After two Congressional hearings, frustration has bubbled over among customers, like farmers who remain in the dark about their missing money.
My father never said a word about the missing money to me, nor, as far as I knew, to my mother or anyone else.
