Ex-Comverse executives charged in US options probe
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Two former officers of Comverse  Technology Inc.  surrendered to FBI agents on Wednesday  as authorities charged them and the software group's former  chief executive with criminal fraud in a widening U.S.  investigation of corporate stock option manipulation.
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Two former executives at America Online were among six people charged Monday with fraud and making false statements to auditors as part of the federal government's ongoing investigation into illegal accounting practices at AOL. -AP
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Three former Kmart executives and  representatives of several major vendors were charged on  Thursday with fraudulently accounting for $24 million of profit  before the retailer filed for bankruptcy in 2002.
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As expected US authorities have charged former executives of Computer Associates with fraud. Amongst those charged were the former CEO Sanjay Kumar.
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The former chief and founder of   Comverse Technology Inc. CMVT.O, Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, was   arrested in Namibia on Wednesday, where he awaits extradition   to the United States to face criminal fraud charges related to   stock options.
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The former chief operating officer of a San Carlos software company has been indicted on charges of securities fraud for an alleged scheme to inflate the company&#39;s revenue, authorities said Wednesday.
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The former chairman of US software firm Computer Associates is charged with securities fraud in connection with a $2.2bn accounting scandal.
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Two former executives at America Online and four executives at a now-defunct Las Vegas software firm pleaded innocent Tuesday to stock fraud and other charges in federal court.
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Federal officials investigating  stock-options backdating at Broadcom Corp.  are looking  into allegations that former Chief Executive Henry Nicholas III  used hard drugs and hired prostitutes, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Friday.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The fugitive former CEO of software company Comverse Technology Inc. was granted bail by a Namibian court Tuesday while he awaits extradition to the United States to face charges for allegedly manipulating stock options.
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(InfoWorld) - Monster Worldwide's former general counsel pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, another executive caught up in the stock options backdating scandal. Myron Olesnyckyj faced charges of securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with the backdating of millions of dollars' worth of employee stock option grants at the online recruitment services company. Olesnyckyj appeared before U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in New York, Olesnyckyj "conspired with other former senior executives at Monster to systematically backdate stock option grants to Monster employees in an effort to fraudulently suppress Monster's compensation expenses and falsely inflate its earnings and share price. As a result, Monster's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission between 1997 and 2005 fraudulently understated the company's compensation expenses and inflated its earnings by over 300 million dollars." The names of Olesnyckyj's alleged co-conspirators were not immediately disclosed.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil fraud charges against the former general counsel of Monster Worldwide Inc.  in a stock options backdating case, an agency official said on Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- McAfee's former top lawyer was charged Tuesday with stock options tampering that muddied the finances of the computer security software maker.
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Faces fraud charges related to alleged backdating of stock options at the security specialist while it was known as Network Associates.
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Two former executives at America Online face multiple charges of fraud stemming from transactions with a small software provider.
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The US has charged 13 people for their alleged role in a $15m insider trading racket involving top lawyers and firms.
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The civil charges accuse three former top executives of manipulating Fannie Maeâs books to fatten their bonuses.