In addition to the ten year prison sentence and more than $3 billion in fines and restitution former Cendant vice Chair, E. Kirk Shelton has otherwise been facing, he has now been
placed under house arrest while he awaits the outcome of his appeals. Shelton was
previously convicted on a variety of charges relating to his role in artificially inflating Cendant's revenues by some $500 million. When the fraud was discovered back in 1998, Cendant's value dropped by $14 billion in a single day. Ouch.
More
here.
-- MDT
Labels: Cendant, Conviction, E. Kirk Shelton, Fraud