April 14, 2020
A New York federal judge shot down a coronavirus-related compassionate release bid lodged by a former top deputy to notorious Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, saying Tuesday that the convict had to go through U.S. Bureau of Prisons channels first.
January 07, 2019
A New York federal judge on Monday denied a request from former Bernie Madoff aide Annette Bongiorno to conclude her six-year sentence for involvement in Madoff's Ponzi scheme at home, saying she needs to ask the Bureau of Prisons first.
November 10, 2016
A Manhattan federal judge has approved a settlement requiring Daniel Bonventre, a former top deputy to Bernie Madoff who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence, to pay $487 million individually and $155 billion jointly with others convicted in connection with the massive Ponzi scheme.
August 05, 2015
A frail Irwin Lipkin, one of Bernie Madoff's first hires who worked for decades at the phantom brokerage until he retired in 1998, was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday by a Manhattan federal judge for faking records, the last of 15 criminal defendants in the 6 1/2-year Ponzi prosecution.
July 27, 2015
An accountant for Bernie Madoff who is scheduled for sentencing in August after pleading guilty to falsifying records asked a judge on Friday to grant him leniency because of his age, his health problems, and the fact that he stopped working at the Ponzi schemer's firm in 1998.
July 09, 2015
Paul Konigsberg, a former accountant who admitted to falsifying records tied to bogus Madoff transactions and using them to file client tax returns, was sentenced to time-served Thursday. He is noted for cooperation that helped lead to a $1.7 billion deal with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its alleged failure to report the megafraud.
July 06, 2015
Bernie Madoff's personal accountant Paul Konigsberg should receive lenience at sentencing, prosecutors said Thursday, citing his help getting them information that drove a $1.7 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its alleged failure to report suspicious activity.
May 28, 2015
David G. Friehling, the former accountant who laxly monitored Bernie Madoff's fake brokerage but was among the first to cooperate in the investigation after the scheme came to light, avoided prison Thursday as a Manhattan federal judge cited his extremely high level of cooperation. Madoff gofer Craig Kugel was later sentenced to time served.
May 27, 2015
A former trader at Bernie Madoff's securities firm, who cooperated with the government's investigation into the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, became the third former employee in two weeks to avoid prison time Wednesday in New York federal court.
May 22, 2015
Prosecutors are seeking leniency for a father-son duo who worked at Bernie Madoff's securities firm and cooperated with the government's investigation into the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.