Bernard Madoff's claim to have pulled off his multibillion dollar swindle without assistance fell apart further Thursday, as one of his longtime aides was charged with helping him cook the books. Daniel Bonventre, an accountant who worked for Madoff since the late 1960s, was arrested early Thursday ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former executive for imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff's firm was arrested on Thursday on charges of concealing the scope of the multibillion-dollar fraud and using at least $750 million of investor money to support the company's trading arm. Daniel Bonventre, was described by investigators as the director of operations of the Madoff firm from at ...

Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff's former director of operations, Daniel Bonventre, was arrested Thursday in New York. Bonventre, 63, was arrested early in the morning and charged with conspiracy, securities fraud and tax crimes, the US prosecutor's office said. The Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates Wall Street, also announced charges of falsifying accounting records and stealing investor ...