Word: altmans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...jury forewoman's voice broke as she said "Not guilty" to each of the charges against banker and lawyer Robert Altman. Moments later, jurors with watery eyes hugged Altman and his wife, actress Lynda Carter, then posed for photos with them and exchanged addresses. All agreed: this was an innocent man, unfairly accused...
...verdict ended Altman's five-month New York City trial on eight felony charges, ranging from bribery to deceiving the government, all relating to his various affiliations with the corrupt Bank of Credit & Commerce International. Altman, whose partner, Clark Clifford, was deemed too ill to stand trial, had endured a 30-month personal struggle during which he and Clifford were stripped of their bank jobs, lost their once powerful law firm, and saw their reputations tarnished...
After five months of testimony, a New York jury acquitted attorney Robert Altman on the four remaining counts of engaging in a conspiracy to defraud bank regulators and the public in the case of the Bank of Credit & Commerce International's secret takeover of First American Bankshares Inc. of Washington. Said Altman: "This is a prosecution that never should have been brought...
...Altman Charges Dropped...
...York judge dismissed four of eight criminal charges against Robert Altman in connection with the B.C.C.I. bank scandal. The most serious charge, bribery, was among those dismissed, making it difficult for prosecutors to prove Altman's role in the fraud...