10 More to Be Charged in Madoff Scam

Source: Disgraced financier may get plenty of company during his century-and-half inside
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 30, 2009 2:44 AM CDT
10 More to Be Charged in Madoff Scam
David Friehling, Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant, leaves federal court in New York earlier this year. Friehling is so far the only other person charged in connection with Madoff's Ponzi scheme.   (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

At least ten more people are likely to be charged as the probe into Bernard Madoff's massive fraud continues, an insider tells AP. The only other person charged so far has been Madoff's accountant. The source declined to say whether the other people likely to face federal charges are relatives or former employees of the shamed financier, who was slapped with a 150-year sentence yesterday.
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