Thank you for this important correction ...
Andrew Robinson wrote:
>
> Actually, no she was not. She was originally investigated for insider
> trading for selling her shares of, I think, Imclone when she heard the
> owner was dumping his. She was never charged or tried for this. What she
> was charged with was lying to federal agents during the investigation.
> She was also charged with fraud in a very novel way. Federal prosecutors
> claimed that by proclaiming her innocence, she was trying to prop up the
> stock price of her own company. The judge threw out the fraud charge for
> lack of evidence. Martha was convicted on the "lying" charges.
>
> I'm no big fan of Martha Steward. However, charging her with lying when
> the feds could not make the original charges stick smacks of
> vindictiveness to me.
>
> Well, that's $0.02 times a few...
>
> Andrew Robinson
>
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> > She was convicted on the stock fraud charges for which she'd
> > been on trial.
> >
> > "Dr. Shaun Canning" wrote:
> >
> >>What happened to Martha Stewart?
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >
> >
> >
