Comments by Bob Grimes June 26, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS BERDJ RASSAM Berdj (BJ) Rassam was hired as the Controller at Peregrine in November 2000, and was promoted to VP of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in September 2001. BJ Rassam testified about...
Comments by Bob Grimes June 19, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This was the seventh full day of testimony by Steve Gardner. At this point, the lawyers are bringing out points (sometimes subtle points) that they feel are necessary to clarify for their individual...
Comments by Bob Grimes June 12, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS STEPHEN GARDNER (continued) On direct examination, AUSA Beste asked Gardner questions that emphasized that Peregrine’s problems with getting some transactions to close before the quarter’s end were...
Comments by Bob Grimes June 5, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS WARREN DAVID ROUDEBUSH (continued) Attorney Thomas Bienert went over the details of Peregrine's contract with Lee Kirby of Ranier Technology Group (RTG). Witness Roudebush testified that on December...
Comments by Bob Grimes May 30, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS ROSS BALDWIN (continued) Attorney Attanasio asked Mr. Baldwin questions designed to illustrate that auditors depend greatly on company management in the course of their audit. Mr. Baldwin testified...
Comments by Bob Grimes May 22, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS PETER O'BRIEN (continued) AUSA Bhandari went over Friday's testimony by witness O'Brien regarding the $250,000 marketing fund incentive that Peregrine gave to KPMG in the Honeywell/Boeing deal. AUSA...
Comments by Bob Grimes May 15, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. WITNESS PHILLIPP TUROWSKI Phillipp Turowski is a German accountant who was the Peregrine German division audit engagement partner for the 2001 AA audit of Peregrine Germany. AUSA Bhandari asked Mr. Turowski...
Comments by Bob Grimes May 8, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. WITNESS DENISE MASTRO Denise Mastro was the revenue account manager at Peregrine until she was replaced by Patrick Towle. Her second job title at Peregrine was Assistant Controller. Mastro testified on direct...
Comments by Bob Grimes May 1, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The new trial schedule will be Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WITNESS STEVEN SPITZER (contined) AUSA Beste continued with the direct...
Comments by Bob Grimes TRIAL April 24, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WITNESS DOUGLAS POWANDA (continued) Once again, Attorney Iredale asked Doug Powanda many questions about his written plea agreement in his cross-examination. Mr. Powanda testified that under the...