Posts Tagged: conviction

Judge Vacates Conviction for Bribery Fraud Regarding Lucrative Rights To View Soccer Tournaments

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According to the New York Times, Hernán López, a former Fox employee, and an Argentine sports marketing company had been convicted of participating in a bribery scheme to secure rights to widely viewed soccer tournaments. Now an acquittal. Questions: Meko, H. and K. Bensinger. (2023). Judge Vacates Convictions in Bribery Case Over Soccer Broadcast Deals…. Read more »

Nikola Fraud Update

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Trevor Milton convicted of securities fraud after 6-year successful stock market run. His company and concept car was all a lie! Questions: Why do, as the article says, “corporate executives tend to portray activist short sellers as vigilantes?”  Related to the first question, what has Nathan Anderson’s firm done in the past several years? Why… Read more »

Number One Winner!

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A new study by the nonprofit, Integrity Florida, ranks the Sunshine State as the nation’s most corrupt state. Since 1976, 1,762 of Florida’s public officials have been convicted of public corruption, with an average of 71 convictions per year over the period from 2000 to 2010. The study gives Florida a C minus grade on… Read more »