Today may be the last day of testimony in the Black case...
CHICAGO (CP) - Prosecutors will question accountant Alan Funk in what may be the last day of testimony at the Conrad Black fraud trial.
CHICAGO (CP) - Prosecutors will question accountant Alan Funk in what may be the last day of testimony at the Conrad Black fraud trial.
Funk is a defence witness who says he found no evidence of fraud in a number of disputed transactions. He was hired by lawyers for Black co-defendant Mark Kipnis to review an audit by Hollinger's auditors. Prosecutors will question Funk before defence lawyers call their last few witnesses.
Lawyers for Kipnis say they may put a few more people on the stand - but none of the remaining witnesses will take more than 30 minutes each.
Lawyers for Kipnis say they may put a few more people on the stand - but none of the remaining witnesses will take more than 30 minutes each.
Meanwhile...
Conrad Black jury hears of threatening e-mail
CHICAGO -- A threatening e-mail message directed at Conrad Black warned he was a child of God "just about ready to be harvested," the jury at his criminal trial heard Monday.
As defence lawyers in the case presented some of their final pieces of evidence to the jury, Edward Genson, a lawyer for Black, revealed an e-mail sent to Richard Perle, a former director of Hollinger International Inc., on July 4, 1999.
CHICAGO -- A threatening e-mail message directed at Conrad Black warned he was a child of God "just about ready to be harvested," the jury at his criminal trial heard Monday.
As defence lawyers in the case presented some of their final pieces of evidence to the jury, Edward Genson, a lawyer for Black, revealed an e-mail sent to Richard Perle, a former director of Hollinger International Inc., on July 4, 1999.
"By the way, if anyone knows how to get a message to Conrad Black, I want to tell him that this prophet of God is after him, and I am going to get him," the e-mail reads.
"You see I recognize a child of God when I see one, and this is one just about ready to be harvested."
"You see I recognize a child of God when I see one, and this is one just about ready to be harvested."
The e-mail was sent to Perle from a private address. Genson also presented an e-mail Perle sent to Black, forwarding the message less than two hours after he received it.
"I just received this threatening e-mail and am forwarding it to you immediately," Perle wrote.
"I think you should take some immediate action with the British police and I may be able to do the same here."
Black's attorneys did not explain to the jury why the e-mails were introduced, but they have previously argued that their client took one of Hollinger International's corporate airplanes on a trip to Bora Bora in 2001 because of safety concerns. Prosecutors allege the trip was an abuse of a company perk.
Black's attorneys did not explain to the jury why the e-mails were introduced, but they have previously argued that their client took one of Hollinger International's corporate airplanes on a trip to Bora Bora in 2001 because of safety concerns. Prosecutors allege the trip was an abuse of a company perk.
The U.S. government alleges Black, Jack Boultbee and Peter Atkinson misappropriated $60 million US in bonuses disguised as non-compete payments from Hollinger International during the sale of newspaper assets.
1 comment:
I followed the Black case while in Canada and people there want Black in jail. He's a man without a country. Not one good remark was made about him. The DOJ team is doing a great job and one of the best team players is Randall Samborn yes my Randall.
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