Thursday, December 20, 2012

Kozlowski Wants An Early Release





 
Background
In 1975 Kozlowski was just another Jewish accountant at Tyco, who became Tyco's CEO in 1992 . He used Tyco stock for numerous acquisitions, and it became a mega conglomerate. Kozlowski was riding high and turned Tyco into his personal piggy bank.
In 2002, when accounting irregularities surfaced, the board threw the $100 million dollar a year Kozlowski, and his side kick Schwartz, out on their asses. 

   
The Lifestyle
Kozlowski had a $30 mansion in Florida, a $60 mill yacht, three other houses, etc. He came a long way from a New Jersey deli clerk. The final straw for Tyco was the $2 million debauchourus party for his wife in Sardinia (video).
The party had a statue urinated Stolichnaya Vodka, while some of the husbands and wives indulged in depraved sexual escapades with the young escorts.
   
The Trial
Kozlowski was convicted on June 17, 2005 on 22 counts of grand larceny for $150 million in unauthorized bonuses, and of a $400 million fraud against the company shareholders.

On September 19, 2005 he was sentenced by Judge Michael Obus to serve twenty-five years, with the possibility of parole.


   
Threatened Witnesses
Kozlowski has been tried twice. The first attempt was a mistrial as one of the jurors - who sided with Kozlowski - later claimed that she was threatened. Kozlowski testified at his second trial, stating that his pay package was big, but that he never committed a crime.

   
Schwartz, Kozlowski, and Belnick
They were ordered to pay $134 million in restitution. Kozlowski was also fined $70 million and Swartz half that amount. Their crimes were stealing $150 million from the company and cheating shareholders of another $400 million.
   
Country Club Prison
Kozlowski is at Marcy Prison in New York. He gravitates between the hospital ward and the tennis court.
   
   
Dr Steinmen
Mr Kozlowski has a heart condition, and prison will lead to an early death.
   
   
   
 
 



 
Steal $600 Million And Get A Slap
Kozlowski was an accountant, so it is a good guess there is a lot more missing than the $600 million he admits to. And then again, the stock collapsed and cost the stockholders $100 billion.
I have to think that dropping $2 million to a judge, and prison board, and parole board, would be a cheap price for a sixty year old billionaire to get out early.
 





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