First Backdating Conviction Brings Prison Term and $15 Million Fine
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Brocade Communications Systemsâ former chief executive  received a 21-month prison sentence for designing a plan to tamper with the firmâs records of stock option grants.
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Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., who faced a maximum sentence of 15 years, was sentenced to 10 years in military prison.
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The first prosecuted copyright-infringement case involving BitTorrent technology could lead to up to five years of prison time and a quarter-million-dollar fine for the Pennsylvania man who pled guilty.
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A former executive at Computer Associates was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with a scheme to artificially bolster the companyâs quarterly revenue.
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A former executive of biotechnology firm MedImmune Inc. faces 15 to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty Friday to securities fraud and perjury in US District Court in Washington.
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The former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to tamper with financial records of stock options the company offered.
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A computer technician involved in a  bid to extort $1.3 million from Tom Cruise for copies of the  actor's stolen wedding photographs was sentenced on Thursday to  two years probation.
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A 26-year-old college student faces 15 years in prison as the first person convicted of software piracy stemming from April&#39;s international raids dubbed &quot;Operation Fastlink.
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Four people have been sentenced to jail time and tens of millions of dollars in fines for buying discounted Microsoft software and then illegally reselling it at a profit.
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THE DEPARTMENT of Justice said that four employees of Infineon have pleaded guilty to charges of price fixing DRAM. Three German citizens and one US citizen will each pay $250,000 in fines as well as serving between four to six months in jail.
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An insurance chief and two of his directors face sentencing after being convicted of defrauding investors.
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A founder of several Bayou Management hedge funds was sentenced to more than four years in prison Tuesday for a scheme to defraud investors. Judge Colleen McMahon in Federal District Court in Manhattan sentenced James G. Marquez, 59, to 51 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. He also was ordered [...].
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A computer systems administrator was sentenced to 30 months in prison for trying to sabotage his companyâs servers out of fear he was about to lose his job, prosecutors said.
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A man was convicted in a Virginia court on Wednesday of sending AOL users millions of unsolicited emails using fraudulent email address is facing nine years in prison after becoming the first person to be convicted under new anti-spam laws.
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A federal judge sentences Gregory Reyes, former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems, to 21 months in prison and fines him $15 million. It's the harshest penalty yet in a tempest that has rattled corporate America.
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Martin Frankel,  who defrauded insurance companies out of more than $200m is sentenced to more than 16 years in jail.
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U.S. government announces company's agreement to plead guilty, pay $160 million fine.