A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York March 24 convicted five former associates of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff on charges stemming from their alleged roles in what is believed to be the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced (United States v. O’Hara).
The defendants include Annette Bongiorno, Madoff’s longtime secretary; Daniel Bonventre, director of operations for investments; account manager JoAnn Crupi; and computer programmers Jerome O’Hara and George Perez.
In a release, Bharara said the defendants “each played an important role in carrying out the charade, ...
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