6/30/2009
Choice Madoff Victim Quote
"I urged the judge to sentence him for the rest of his life, so that when he leaves prison, which means after his death, virtually unmourned by anyone on this earth, that he will then go down to the depths of hell where he will join those other people who are in the 'mouth of satan.'"
-- Burt Ross, the former mayor of Fort Lee, New JerseyLabels: Bernie Madoff, convicted
6/29/2009
Madoff Gets 150 Years
Madoff said he
"will live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life." 150 years was the maximum sentence on the 11 counts on which Madoff was convicted back in March.
Meanwhile the search for Madoff's missing $65 billion continues.
-- MDT
Labels: Bernie Madoff, convicted
7/30/2008
Siemens Director Reinhard Siekaczek Avoids Jailtime
Convicted on 49 counts of breach of trust, Siekaczek has been handed a two-year suspended sentence. He'll also pay hefty fine.
-- MDT
Labels: convicted, Reinhard Sieaczek, Siemens
2/24/2008
Enzyte Crooks Now Officially Crooks
This goes way beyond the bogus "natural male enhancement" product offered by Steve Warshak, Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals and his whole huckster family (mom was convicted too).
There's also the small and varying matters of the company's processing of bogus credit card transactions, failing to accept returns as advertised, phony customer satisfaction surveys, creating fictitious doctors to endorse the product, along with the more explicit charges of bank fraud and money laundering.
Get further details on the Enzyte verdict right here.
Labels: convicted, Enzyte, Steve Warshak
8/08/2007
Brocade Conviction Is First Successful Criminal Prosecution of Stock Option Backdating
Gregory L. Reyes, former CEO Brocade Communications Systems, has achieved the dubious distinction of becoming
the first executive to be convicted on criminal charges relating to improper stock option backdating disclosures. Sentencing for Reyes is obviously still to come (Npvember 21, if you are keeping score) but he could face as much as 20 years in prison. While some
expressed surprise at the guilty verdict, it
can't be a good omen for the 200+ other companies facing similar scrutiny and potential prosecution.
-- MDT
Labels: backdating, Brocade, convicted, Gregory Reyes, stock options
Interfor CEO Claims Conrad Black Hid Millions
Juval Aviv, CEO of
investigative firm, Interfor stated in court papers that the recently convicted former newspaper magnate,
Lord Conrad Black had spend the last few years squirreling away millions in anticipation of just this sort of unfavorable ruling. According to Aviv, who for the record, Black's attorney refers to as "an utterly untrustworthy source" Black has hidden as much as $40 million, with the most likely repository being Gibraltar.
More here.-- MDT
Labels: Conrad Black, convicted, Gibralter, Interfor, Juval Aviv
4/20/2007
Reuters Runs Down Corporate Convictions
Check out
The Factbox for details. Can't tell your crooked CEO without a scorecard...
-- MDT
Labels: convicted, corporate scandal
2/13/2007
BestBank Execs Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Bank Failure
Three former executives of Colorado's BestBank, Edward P. Mattar, III, Thomas Alan Boyd and Jack O. Grace, Jr. , have been found guilty of conspiracy in relation to the 1998 failure of BestBank.
Details at Lawfuel.
-- MDT
Labels: BestBank, convicted, Edward P. Mattar, Jack O. Grace, Thomas Alan Boyd