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NEW YORK – A senior partner at a New York accounting firm who was accused of aiding financier Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) in his epic fraud has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
The accounting firm executive, Paul Konigsberg, also pleaded guilty to two counts of falsifying books and records Tuesday in a cooperation deal with the government.
Prosecutors say he is the only person outside the Madoff family to have held an ownership interest in Madoff's private investment business.
The 78-year-old Konigsberg tells the court he was not aware of Madoff's "horrific and evil Ponzi scheme."
Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after admitting his fraud in 2009.
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