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Madoff accountant expected to plead guilty to securities fraud

Originally published: October 30, 2009 10:58 AM
Updated: October 30, 2009 11:05 AM
By ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO  anthony.destefano@newsday.com

David Friehling, Bernard Madoff's accountant, exits federal court

Photo credit: AP File | David Friehling, Bernard Madoff's accountant, exits federal court in Manhattan this past summer. Friehling is expected to plead guilty next week in the scandal. (July 2009)

Bernard Madoff's former accountant is slated to plead guilty on Election Day to a variety of fraud and other charges in connection with largest Ponzi scheme ever to hit Wall Street, officials said Friday.

In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa Baroni and Marc Litt said that it is expected that David G. Friehling, 49, of upstate New City, will plead guilty...

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