Ex-Madoff Workers Trial Will Be Jurors’ New Reality
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The trial of five former employees of jailed con man Bernard Madoff, including his longtime personal secretary and two computer programmers, will become a full-time job for about five months for jurors.
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan yesterday began asking a group of about 300 New Yorkers detailed questions about their backgrounds and ability to be objective. Twelve jurors, along with six alternates, will be chosen to decide the fate of Madoff’s inner circle, charged with helping carry out the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.