5th Circuit Upholds 25-​Year Sentence for ex-​CFO

On 7 October 2007, in Federal Sentencing, Fifth Circuit, by Peter Smythe

In this AP Story, the Uni­ted Sta­tes Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir­cuit upheld the 25-​year sen­tence of a for­mer chief finan­cial offi­cer of a West Texas oil and gas dri­lling com­pany who had plea­ded guilty to stea­ling $77 million from his emplo­yer. Jonathan Nel­son plea­ded guilty to one count of wire fraud (aiding […]