Madoff secretary gets 6 years after judge cites ‘small stature’

The New York Post reports:

Sometimes, it pays to be short.

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s diminutive, longtime former secretary caught a break at her sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday — with the judge noting that her lack of height might make her “vulnerable” behind bars.

Ex-secretary Annette Bongiorno, 66, was facing up to life in prison but landed just six years after being convicted on securities fraud and tax-evasion charges for helping her ex-boss pull off his epic, $17.5 billion fraud and profiting handsomely from it.

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