At the moment I'm inclined to just do it and take my chances with a jury of my peers, as I doubt you could find 12 people who would agree with the logic of awarding the right of full deductability of all losses to a Madoff victim but not a cyberkey victim. However, I have a year to chew on it since it would apply to my 2009 return, not my 2008.
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