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...their testimony before the grand jury, charge the indictments, Mitchell and Stans perjured themselves repeatedly. Mitchell, for example, denied that he got a memo from Sears asking to see Casey in January 1972, that he received a phone call from Sears warning that Vesco was threatening to talk, or that he asked Dean to see Casey about postponing subpoenas. Stans denied to the grand jury that he discussed with Vesco securing Mitchell's help, that he asked Vesco specifically for a cash donation, or that he discussed Vesco's case with him when the money was delivered. Last...
...Vesco, he has defied an order to appear before the grand jury, and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. The SEC fraud suit is now before the courts; it seeks to halt further plundering from Investors Overseas Services. If this civil action is successful, the decision could well become the basis for a criminal suit against Vesco. Meanwhile, he is believed to be living in comfort in Costa Rica (see BUSINESS) and planning to become a citizen of that country...
...Vesco had a penchant for attracting people close to President Nixon. Donald F. Nixon, the President's nephew, has been Vesco's administrative assistant since...
...years since Robert Lee Vesco took control of Investors Overseas Services, the Geneva-based mutual fund empire created by Bernard Cornfeld, he has gone from virtual anonymity to worldwide notoriety. Last week he was indicted in the U.S. for conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with an unreported $200,000 donation he made to President Nixon's re-election campaign. Vesco, 37, is also the chief target of one of the largest security-fraud suits ever brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investigations of his activities have forced him to move his operations outside the regulatory...
...Vesco's biggest problem is his increasingly tarnished reputation. Though he denies any wrongdoing, the SEC charges that he and his associates looted $224 million from four I.O.S.-managed funds, selling off gilt-edged stocks and stashing the money in various banks and dummy firms controlled by him or his associates. The commission's case to halt further alleged plundering of the funds is now before the courts...