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Article: Ex-Madoff computer programmers arrested
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- November 13, 2009
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Two former computer programmers for Bernard Madoff's investment firm were arrested Friday on charges they helped cover up the disgraced money manager's massive fraud for more than 15 years.
The U.S. attorney's office said Jerome O'Hara, of Malverne, N.Y., and George Perez, of East Brunswick, N.J., were arrested at their homes. It said the pair formerly worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said the two men provided the technical know-how needed to produce false documents and trading records, and took hush money to help keep the scheme going.
"Without the help of O'Hara and Perez, the Madoff fraud would not have been ...