Word: defrauder
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JEFFREY SKILLING, former Enron CEO on trial for conspiring to defraud shareholders, responding to charges that he lied to investors...
...campaign home page has a petition headed, "Tell Tom DeLay to Return the Dirty Money!," referring to contributions from he and his political action committees have received from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a one-time DeLay ally who pleaded guilty in January to three felonies, including conspiring to defraud clients and bribe public officials...
...Knowles at some point that I was concerned to make sure that Professor Shleifer remained at Harvard, because I felt that he made a great contribution to the economics department.” In 2004, a federal judge found Shleifer and an associate, Jonathan Hay, liable for conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. The pair made investments in Russia, which were prohibited by their contracts, while part of an HIID program that was advising Moscow on privatizing its economy.The University was also implicated in the lawsuit and settled last August for $26.5 million. Shleifer, who is the Jones professor...
...letter also says Summers did not participate in “judgements regarding whether, when or how Harvard should review the conduct of employees involved in the HIID project.” Shleifer, who was found liable by a federal court in 2004 for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, paid $2 million to settle his part in the suit. The article’s author, investigative journalist David McClintick ’62, said yesterday that his article “speaks for itself.” McClintick’s account has been circulated among some faculty...
Professors also assailed Summers for the University’s handling of the government lawsuit implicating his close friend, Jones Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82. A federal court found Shleifer liable in 2004 for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government while leading a State Department-funded Harvard project to reform Russia’s economy. The University paid $26.5 million to settle the suit in August 2005, and neither the University nor Shleifer admitted any wrongdoing...