Quattrone Guilty For Emailing Colleagues To Destroy Files

from the there's-that-email-again dept

Frank Quattrone, the famed investment banker who was a star in taking Silicon Valley companies public during the boom years, has now been found guilty of obstruction of justice for his emails to colleagues suggesting they destroy certain files concerning stock allocation. While the documents may have been destroyed, that email wasn't... once again showing how emails can come back to haunt people. Has anyone done a study recently looking at just how many fraud cases these days involve email evidence?

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