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Related: About this forumFormer Autonomy CFO Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-autonomy-cfo-sentenced-60-months-prisonDepartment of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Northern District of California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 13, 2019
Former Autonomy CFO Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison
Defendant Defrauded Hewlett-Packard Company of $11.7 Billion During HPs 2011 Acquisition of Autonomy
SAN FRANCISCO Sushovan Hussain, the former Chief Financial Officer of Autonomy Corporation plc, was sentenced to sixty (60) months in prison today following his convictions after trial for one count of conspiracy, fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud by a federal jury, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was imposed by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
In addition to the prison term, the Court ordered a fine in the amount of $4 million, the forfeiture of assets in the amount of $6.1 million, a three year term of supervised release and a special assessment of $1,600. Hussain was ordered to surrender to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons on June 15, 2019.
In 2011, Hewlett-Packard Company acquired Autonomy, the former software technology company dual headquartered in the United Kingdom and San Francisco, for about $11.7 billion. The evidence at trial demonstrated that for more than two years prior to the sale, Hussain, 55, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, used sophisticated accounting methods to falsely inflate Autonomys revenues to make it appear Autonomy was growing when it really was not. Specifically, Hussain used backdated contracts, roundtrips, channel stuffing, and other forms of accounting fraud to fraudulently inflate Autonomys publicly-reported revenues by as much as 14.6% in 2009, 17.9% in 2010, 21.5% in the first quarter of 2011, and 12.4% in the second quarter of 2011. In addition, Hussain, and his co-conspirators, fraudulently concealed from investors and market analysts the scale of Autonomys hardware sales, which were used to boost the companys reported revenue. The evidence demonstrated Automonys sales were inflated by $53.3 million in 2009, $99.08 million in 2010, $20.09 million in the first quarter of 2011 and $20.85 million in the second quarter of 2011.
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Former Autonomy CFO Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison (Original Post)
nitpicker
May 2019
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(7,153 posts)1. From The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/13/ex-autonomy-cfo-sushovan-hussain-five-years-hewlett-packard
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Hussain and former Autonomy chief executive Mike Lynch are also defendants in a $5bn civil fraud trial in Londons high court, where Hewlett-Packard claimed they caused it to overpay for Autonomy by fraudulently inflating its value. That trial began in March and is expected to last several months.
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Hussain and former Autonomy chief executive Mike Lynch are also defendants in a $5bn civil fraud trial in Londons high court, where Hewlett-Packard claimed they caused it to overpay for Autonomy by fraudulently inflating its value. That trial began in March and is expected to last several months.
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