Madoff accountant waives indictment, may plead guilty

Apparently the MSU method of accounting isn’t always the best of ideas after all

Madoff’s accountant, David Friehling, will probably plead guilty to various charges of Making Sh*t Up due to his fantasy audits of Madoff’s businesses. Prosecutors aren’t saying that he knew about the Ponzi scheme, but rather that he did virtually nothing [...]

Madoff’s accountant indicted

David Friehling, the do-nothing accountant for Madoff who apparently never actually did an audit, is now facing 105 years in prison.

Gary Weiss

That’s a lot of time. How much time will it take for him to flip? My guess is “five seconds.”

He was paid $12,000-$14,400 a month. Sue says, that wasn’t nearly enough [...]