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Securities

Nov. 3, 2009

Evidence Mounts in Former Broadcom Executive's Criminal Trial

The first full week of William J. Ruehle's stock option backdating trial ended on a searing note, as prosecutors revealed the defendant's most incriminating e-mails yet.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - The criminal trial of Broadcom's former chief financial officer William J. Ruehle for stock option backdating ended its first full week on a searing note, as prosecutors revealed the defendant's most incriminating e-mails yet.

In one e-mail, Ruehle warns executives at Broadcom not to kill Broadcom's "golden goose" - backdated stock options - by acting...

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