NEW YORK — Two former employees accused of helping fraudulent Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff (MAY’-dawf) program an old computer to generate false records have been indicted. Wednesday’s indictment accuses computer programmers Jerome O’Hara and George Perez of conspiracy, falsifying records of a broker dealer and falsifying records of an investment adviser. The men originally were charged in a criminal complaint before the case was presented to a federal grand jury, which returned the indictment. O’Hara is from Malverne, N.Y. Perez is from East Brunswick, N.J. Each remains free on $1 million bail. Defense lawyers say the men will plead not guilty. The 71-year-old Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence after admitting his multi-decade Ponzi scheme cost thousands of investors billions of dollars.
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Madoff Computer Programmers Indicted: Jerome O’Hara, George Perez Rigged Computer, Feds Say
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