This Reuters article says:
Former Rite Aid Corp. Vice Chairman Franklin Brown was convicted on 10 federal criminal counts including conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice on Friday in one of the biggest corporate scandals in recent U.S. history. ... A U.S. District Court jury of eight women and four men delivered unanimous verdicts against the 75-year-old former executive as part of a three-year federal investigation that has also netted guilty pleas from five other former Rite Aid executives including ex-Chief Executive Martin Grass.
Here's my (slight) connection to this case: I did legal work in the 90s for Rite Aid when Frank Brown and friends were ripping off the company. I worked directly on Rite Aid matters, and with Frank Brown and the firm's general counsel, Elliot Gerson. I have no independent knowledge of any kind that would support or contradict the charges - the work I did was in a completely different area. But after working with those crooks - now they are all officially crooks - and being involved in other cases of fraud and embezzlement, I have noticed a pattern. Every white-collar criminal I have encountered is always dodging questions about their behavior in one of two ways: either they use a strongly charismatic personality to snow people, or they are aggressive and abusive and intimidate people into silence. An executive who is honest will always answer questions, even if you don't always like their answers. It's the ones who try to skate by you who should set the warning bells off in your head.
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