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Wed 11 Nov 2009Madoff accountant pleads guilty
The former outside accountant for Bernard Madoff's firm pleaded guilty to fraud charges on yesterday, but he told a US judge he did not know about the swindler's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
David Friehling, the former auditor who worked on Madoff's books for 17 years out of a small suburban New York firm from 1991, was allowed to remain free on bond of $2.5 million until he is sentenced next year.
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