Another day - Another Neocon indicted
Ah, Good Times
Neocon media giant Conrad Black was indicted on multiple charges of fraud today. He could get up to 40 years in prison for allegedly stealing $52 million from Hollinger International (part of $80 million allegedly stolen overall). Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (yes, that Patrick Fitzgerald, acting in his normal capacity as US Attorney) will seek the extradition of Black and his accomplices from Canada if they do not surrender themselves voluntarily.
UPDATE: I wonder if a conviction will impede this libel suit. Hehehe.
Posted by: Matthew Barganier on Nov 17, 05 |ANTIWAR.com
CHICAGO Last month, former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was taken by surprise by FBI agents who showed up at the closing for the sale of his deluxe Manhattan co-op, and seized the $8.9 million in proceeds. Tuesday, Black pulled a legal ambush of his lawyers and had his former friend, Peter C. Newman, served with a C$2.1 million (U.S.$1.78 million) libel suit as he arrived at the 100th anniversary part of the Canadian newsweekly Maclean's in Toronto.
Black and his wife Barbara Amiel Black also attended the party, celebrating the magazine where Newman is a contributing editor.
Black filed his lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court claiming he was libeled in Newman's 2004 autobiography, "There Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power."
According to a story in Thursday's National Post by reporter Theresa Tedesco, the suit alleges the book "falsely and maliciously" says Black engaged "in a wide range of criminal acts spanning many years, including mail and wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and money laundering." END EXTRACT.
Rupert we are coming for you now.
Neocon media giant Conrad Black was indicted on multiple charges of fraud today. He could get up to 40 years in prison for allegedly stealing $52 million from Hollinger International (part of $80 million allegedly stolen overall). Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (yes, that Patrick Fitzgerald, acting in his normal capacity as US Attorney) will seek the extradition of Black and his accomplices from Canada if they do not surrender themselves voluntarily.
UPDATE: I wonder if a conviction will impede this libel suit. Hehehe.
Posted by: Matthew Barganier on Nov 17, 05 |ANTIWAR.com
CHICAGO Last month, former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was taken by surprise by FBI agents who showed up at the closing for the sale of his deluxe Manhattan co-op, and seized the $8.9 million in proceeds. Tuesday, Black pulled a legal ambush of his lawyers and had his former friend, Peter C. Newman, served with a C$2.1 million (U.S.$1.78 million) libel suit as he arrived at the 100th anniversary part of the Canadian newsweekly Maclean's in Toronto.
Black and his wife Barbara Amiel Black also attended the party, celebrating the magazine where Newman is a contributing editor.
Black filed his lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court claiming he was libeled in Newman's 2004 autobiography, "There Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power."
According to a story in Thursday's National Post by reporter Theresa Tedesco, the suit alleges the book "falsely and maliciously" says Black engaged "in a wide range of criminal acts spanning many years, including mail and wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and money laundering." END EXTRACT.
Rupert we are coming for you now.
posted by professor rat at 6:30 PM
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