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Annette Bongiorno, one of the longest-serving employees of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, is getting out of jail on bail after the feds seized $7.6 million of her assets.

Bongiorno wiped tears from her eyes today after a judge ruled that the asset seizure “dramatically” reduced the chance that she would flee while out on bail. Her bail was cut to $3 million from $5 million.

Bongiorno, who worked for Madoff for about 40 years, was arrested in November on charges she conspired with her boss by sending out phony account statements to victims of his epic, $65 billion fraud.

Prosecutors say the 62-year-old worker raked in up to $623,580 a year in salary and bonuses, and also took home more than $14 million in false profits by “investing” about $900,000 in Madoff’s scheme.

Her $5 million bail was revoked shortly before Christmas by a judge who said Bongiorno’s “abundance of unrestricted assets” could help her flee while awaiting trial.

Prosecutors said last month that she was furiously moving her loot, stymieing official efforts to track down and seize the crooked cash.

She has stashed her dough in checking, savings, money-market and investment accounts, along with certificates of deposit.

“The money’s constantly moving, which creates some of the difficulty in us finding it,” Manhattan federal prosecutor Julian Moore said at the time.

He also noted that Bongiorno has been spending $45,000 a month on car payments, mortgages and maintenance for her Long Island and Florida homes.

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