U.S. Charges Bernie Madoff computer programmers

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His System I programmers?  Or programmers on a different platform?

 

 

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U.S. Charges Madoff Programmers

BY AMIR EFRATI

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan brought criminal charges Friday against
two men for allegedly being the technological brains behind Bernard
Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, and suggested charges against
others could follow.

The case against two former computer programmers, Jerome O'Hara and
George Perez, may help fill in key blanks in the timeline of how Mr.
Madoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year, masterminded a
scheme that has cost thousands of investors more than $20 billion. The
complaint hints at other unnamed "co-conspirators" at the Madoff firm
who are now being targeted by prosecutors.

Friday's charges shine a light on the kind of information being provided
to prosecutors by Frank DiPascali, Mr. Madoff's top lieutenant in the
investment business, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in August. Mr.
DiPascali is hoping to get a lighter prison sentence in exchange for his
cooperation, his lawyer has said.