That is the message that prosecutors will pound home today as five of Bernard Madoff’s long-time employees go on trial accused of enabling his $65bn Ponzi scheme.

The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty tomorrow to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, US prosecutors told a judge.

US toymaker Mattel can sue a British dollmaker who turned squeaky-clean Barbie into an X-rated “Dungeon Doll” – but is unlikely to win the breach-of-copyright action, a judge has said.

Barbie’s kinky reincarnation by English doll maker angered toy manufacturer Mattel, which has been producing wholesome versions of the shapely blond American icon for more than 40 years.