The lawyers for five former Madoff employees took their turns on Thursday introducing the case to a jury in federal court in Manhattan beginning with attorney Andrew Frisch on behalf of Daniel Bonventre, the onetime director of operations at Madoff’s firm. ‘Dan thought he was living the American dream,’ Frisch said of his 66-year-old client, who stood as his lawyer introduced him to the jury. ‘Dan believed Madoff, like so many others.’
‘Celebrities, movie stars, Sandy Koufax. They all believed in Bernie Madoff,’ said Eric Breslin, an attorney for JoAnn Crupi,, an account manager for Madoff for 25 years.
‘He literally had millionaires eating out of his hand, begging him to invest their money. The world was taken in. The government will not be able to prove JoAnn Crupi knew any better.’
‘Celebrities, movie stars, Sandy Koufax. They all believed in Bernie Madoff,’ said Eric Breslin, an attorney for JoAnn Crupi,, an account manager for Madoff for 25 years.
‘He literally had millionaires eating out of his hand, begging him to invest their money. The world was taken in. The government will not be able to prove JoAnn Crupi knew any better.’