The financier, philanthropist and former GMAC chairman who steered more than $2 billion of investors’ money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme was sued Monday by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

The late Hermann Merkin was a lion of Jewish philanthropy who gave millions to help build Yeshiva University, the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, and Merkin Concert Hall, among other causes. Now, his son, J. Ezra Merkin, has managed to wipe out much of what he spent a lifetime creating.