Chart on White Collar Defendants

Posted on April 4th, 2006

From the Wall Street Journal:

Executive/company Testified? Trial Outcome
Franklin Brown
former general counsel
Rite Aid		 No. Convicted. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. More.
Bernard Ebbers
former chairman, CEO
WorldCom		 Yes. Convicted. Sentenced to 25 years to life. More.
Dennis Kozlowski
former CEO, Tyco		 Yes, in second trial. (excerpts, full story) Mistrial in first trial; in second, convicted and sentenced to 8 1/3 years to 25 years.
Jamie Olis
former VP of finance
Dynegy		 No. Convicted, sentenced to 24 years in prison without the chance of parole. Sentence tossed on appeal. More.
Frank Quattrone
former investment banker, CSFB		 Yes, in both trials. (Excerpts from first trial) Convicted in second trial, but conviction overturned due to error in jury instructions. More.
John Rigas
Adelphia founder		 No. Convicted. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. More.
Richard Scrushy
HealthSouth founder		 No. Acquitted on all counts. More.
Theodore Sihpol
Bank of America broker		 No. Acquitted on 29 of 33 criminal counts. No retrial on remaining counts. More.
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia founder		 No. Convicted, sentenced to five months in prison, five months of home confinement. More.

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