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Technology & Science

Mar. 1, 2007

Grand Jury Indicts McAfee Counsel in Backdating Case

The stock option backdating scandal that has roiled financial circles for a year gained momentum Tuesday with the indictment of Kent Roberts, former general counsel of the Santa Clara-based software company McAfee Inc., the third indictment of an executive in two weeks.

By Bobbi Murray
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      The stock option backdating scandal that has roiled financial circles for a year gained momentum Tuesday with the indictment of Kent Roberts, former general counsel of the Santa Clara-based software company McAfee Inc., the third indictment of an executive in two weeks.
      McAfee fired Roberts nine months ago for what the company called "improper" ...

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