BRIEF-U.S. prosecutors expand charges against former Madoff employees
Oct 1 (Reuters) -
* U.S. prosecutors say expand charges against several former employees of
Bernard Madoff's Firm
* U.S. prosecutors say daniel bonventre, annette bongiorno, joann crupi, jerome
o'hara and George perez now charged in 33-count indictment
* U.S. prosecutors say new indictment alleges that conspiracy to defraud madoff
clients now dates to the early 1970s, while earlier indictment said it
started around 1992
* U.S. prosecutors say defendants to be arraigned on Tuesday, October 2
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