March 18, 2010 12:03 PM
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Madoff Computer Programmers Arrested
(AP)
The FBI has arrested two former computer programmers for Bernard Madoff's investment firm on charges they falsified records.
The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan says Jerome O'Hara and George Perez were arrested Friday at their homes. It says the pair formerly worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
A criminal complaint charges them with conspiracy, falsifying books and records of a broker-dealer, and falsifying books and records of an investment adviser.
Information on their attorneys was not immediately on record.
The 71-year-old Madoff was sentenced in June to 150 years in prison for orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that spanned decades.
More Madoff coverage on CBSNews.com:
Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Madoff Explains How He Concealed Fraud
Madoff Thought SEC Was in the Dark
Madoff Victims Paid $530M So Far
Madoff Lives Bottom-Bunk Life in Prison
The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan says Jerome O'Hara and George Perez were arrested Friday at their homes. It says the pair formerly worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
A criminal complaint charges them with conspiracy, falsifying books and records of a broker-dealer, and falsifying books and records of an investment adviser.
Information on their attorneys was not immediately on record.
The 71-year-old Madoff was sentenced in June to 150 years in prison for orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that spanned decades.
More Madoff coverage on CBSNews.com:
Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Madoff Explains How He Concealed Fraud
Madoff Thought SEC Was in the Dark
Madoff Victims Paid $530M So Far
Madoff Lives Bottom-Bunk Life in Prison
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