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District judge rejects plea deal calling for only probation for billionaire

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Los Angeles Times article, headlined "Judge rejects plea deal for Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli," a federal district judge yesterday refused to accept the government's suggestion that a term of probation was sufficient in a high-profile white-collar case.  Here are details from the LATimes article:Suggesting that Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli deserves to go to prison, a federal judge Monday rejected a deal with prosecutors that would have given the Orange County billionaire probation for lying to regulators about his role in an alleged $2.2-billion stock-option scam. The government's allegations against Samueli, "if true, warrant a significant prison sentence," U.S. District Judge Cormac J...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).