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| #347 Updated: 1/29/07 8:19 a.m. Former CA CFO Gets Light Sentence The former chief financial officer of CA got a relatively light sentence for playing what a federal judge called a key role in the software company's $2.2 billion accounting fraud. Gottert Charged with Embezzlement To pay for gambling losses at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Deborah Gottert, of Old Lyme embezzled more than $130,000 from her employer, Louis Marine Ltd Five-year term for insurance fraud A 55-year-old Toms River woman who forged a doctor's signature on her own death certificate and collected $700,000 in an insurance claim will spend the next five years in prison, according to the state's Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Sacramento-area man sentenced in Microsoft fraud case A man who used more than 15 aliases and multiple false addresses to steal $500,000 worth of Microsoft software has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for computer fraud. In-House Counsel Can Help Create an Ethical Corporate Culture Corporate counsels' ethical obligations are primarily seen as directing the corporation to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. |