“Jury Says 5 Madoff Employees Knowingly Aided Swindle of Clients’ Billions”

“The government also accused two computer programmers, Jerome O’Hara and George Perez, of helping sustain the $17 billion Ponzi scheme by knowingly creating computer programs that could create fake trades and records.”[ii]

1. Explain what roles O’Hara and Perez played in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

2. Was the punishment of the courts, if any, reasonable under the circumstances?

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Based on the information provided Jerome OHara and George Perez were accused of playing significant ... View the full answer