8 Accused of Inflating Kmart Profit
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The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed civil fraud charges against three former Kmart Corp. executives and five employees of companies that supplied the Troy, Mich.
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US prosecutors charge nine food suppliers with helping Dutch retailer Ahold inflate earnings by more than $1bn.
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Kmart Holding Corp.  on Monday  reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as cost cuts  made up for slumping sales, and its cash pile grew to about  $2.6 billion.
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HP Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd and seven other company executives are accused of selling $41.3 million worth of HP stock at "inflated prices" just before the company revealed details of a boardroom spy scandal.
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Kmart Holding Corp. has finalized the sale of 50 of its stores to Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $575 million, the retailer said Wednesday.
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Nine vendors have agreed to plead  guilty to creating false account records in a scheme that  allowed U.S. Foodservice Inc., a unit of Dutch retailer Ahold  N.V. AHLN.AS, to inflate earnings by more than $800 million,  federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Three persons and eight corporations were indicted yesterday on charges that they made illegal campaign contributions through a political action committee created by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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An investor has sued Children's Place Retail Stores Inc  and several of the company's executives, claiming executives hid information and misled investors.
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Eight weeks' grace on braodband pricing allegations
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Three men with close ties to US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted on Tuesday along with eight companies for illegal fund-raising activities in a political
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U.S. prosecutors charged a former Pakistani banker with securities fraud on Tuesday, saying he made nearly $8 million in illegal profits after getting insider information on pending merger deals from a former Credit Suisse investment banker.
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Eleven charged in 'Digital Marauder' case that could hit $87 million.
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Federal regulators charged three former Kmart executives and five current and former managers of major vendors with accounting fraud, claiming they misrepresented
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Federal prosecutors on Wednesday  accused four current or former partners of accounting firm  Ernst & Young  in a tax fraud conspiracy case arising  out of the sale of tax shelters.
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Another accounting sleight of hand has been exposed in the latest charges against former executives of Kmart Corp.: the allegedly premature booking of millions in promotional payments to the retailer from chips and soda suppliers.
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A federal judge has ordered former Kmart Chief Executive Charles Conaway and former financial chief John McDonald to stand trial on accusations they misled investors about the retailer's financial problems before its 2002 bankruptcy filing, according to a published report.
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Retailer Kmart Holdings Corp. (KMRT.O) on Monday said it finalized a deal to sell 18 of its stores to Home Depot Inc. (HD.N) for &#36;271 million.