This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Oct. 7, 2008

Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Former McAfee GC

Web Exclusive - Prosecutors said Monday they would drop two charges that hung the jury deciding the options case against former McAfee General Counsel Kent H. Roberts. On Friday, the jury acquitted Roberts of two other counts.

WEB EXCLUSIVE

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors dismissed on Monday the remainder of a criminal indictment against former McAfee Inc. general counsel Kent H. Roberts, who was accused of misdating his stock options for potential personal gain.

On Friday, a federal jury found Roberts not guilty on two counts of mail fraud. The jury failed to reach a verdict on a second theory of mail fraud, included within the...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up