--- description: The Ponzi schemer's former secretary, director of operations for investments, and account manager were among those found guilty of fraud in a Manhattan court. The defense had argued that the employees were lied to and were in fact victims title: Five Bernie Madoff Employees Convicted in Ponzi Scheme image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d73d7f061807133/698686fcadae444d4d5421e7/476765199.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 5 Bernie Madoff Employees Convicted Of Fraud  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 7:59 PM CUT  Daniel Bonventre, former director of operations at Bernard L. Madoff Investments Securities LLC, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Daniel Bonventre, former director of operations at Bernard L. Madoff Investments Securities LLC, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.Louis Lanzano—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 7:59 PM CUT Five of Bernie Madoff’s former employees, including his longtime secretary, were [convicted Monday](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/madoff-workers-convicted-cases-1st-trial-23038585 "undefined") on fraud charges after a six month trial in a New York federal court, the Associated Press reports. All of the defendants in the trial — who included Madoff’s secretary, director of operations for investments, account manger, and two computer programmers — were convicted of conspiracy to defraud clients, securities fraud, falsifying the books and records of a broker dealer. Prosecutors obtained at least one conviction on all 33 charges. The defense argued during the trial that the employees were lied to and were in fact victims, losing tens of millions of dollars that they had invested with Madoff. The jury deliberated for roughly 20 hours over two weeks before delivering its sentence. The trial was one of the longest in the Manhattan federal court’s history. Madoff pleaded guilty to fraud charges in 2009 and is serving a 150-year prison term. \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/madoff-workers-convicted-cases-1st-trial-23038585 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/35989/5-bernie-madoff-employees-convicted-of-fraud/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/35989/5-bernie-madoff-employees-convicted-of-fraud/"},"headline":"5 Bernie Madoff Employees Convicted Of Fraud","datePublished":"2014-03-24T19:59:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:56:06.699Z","description":"The Ponzi schemer's former secretary, director of operations for investments, and account manager were among those found guilty of fraud in a Manhattan court. The defense had argued that the employees were lied to and were in fact victims","url":"https://time.com/35989/5-bernie-madoff-employees-convicted-of-fraud/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d73d7f061807133/698686fcadae444d4d5421e7/476765199.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d73d7f061807133/698686fcadae444d4d5421e7/476765199.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Closing Arguments Begin in Trial of Five Ex-Madoff Aides","caption":"Closing Arguments Begin in Trial of Five Ex-Madoff Aides","creditText":"Louis Lanzano—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/35989/5-bernie-madoff-employees-convicted-of-fraud/","name":"5 Bernie Madoff Employees Convicted Of Fraud"}}]}] ```