Where did Finkelstein make that claim?
Again from the quote above:
Finkelstein: The Holocaust industry demanded a final settlement with the Swiss bankers before the Volcker committee completed its work because "needy Holocaust victims are dying every day." Yet once the Swiss agreed to a $1.25 billion settlement in August 1998, the urgency suddenly vanished.
Two years have elapsed but not a single cent of the Swiss monies has been distributed to the actual claimants.
By October 2009, some $490 million had been paid out to individual claimants, and acceptance of new claims had been discontinued for some time.
World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...The organization, founded in 1936 in Switzerland, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the World Jewish Restitution Organization, and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, founded in 1998, have secured millions of dollars for the victims and survivors of the Holocaust in payments from Germany, Swiss banks, Insurances and other parties totaling
$20 billion.[4][5]...
Haaretz reported that the name of the organization "was associated with financial irregularities, corruption and endless power struggles."[7]
World Jewish Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I've tried to figure out how much has been paid out to holocaust victims and their heirs, but I can't. Please correct me if I'm wrong,, but it looks like the organization which initiated these law suits still possesses most of the money they claim belongs to holocaust victims and their heirs.