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Madoff accountant expected to plead guilty to securities fraud

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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