Conspiracy is a very broad legal net. It doesn't take much to conspire to commit a crime, and in doing so you've just committed a felony. In this case, the prog

Conspiracy is a very broad legal net. It doesn't take much to conspire to commit a crime, and in doing so you've just committed a felony. In this case, the programmers weren't simply writing code to specifications they were given--they were conspiring with Madoff to help him hide his fraud. This is illegal.