Saturday, June 18, 2005 The former CEO of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski, as well as CFO Mark Swartz are convicted of taking more than $600 million from the company. Charges include grand larceny, securities fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. The first trial ended in a mistrial after one juror
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Rafael Calderon, the former president of Costa Rica, was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of corruption while in office. Calderon, who served as head of state from 1990 to 1994, is the first ex-president to be tried for corruption. He had