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Peregrine Trial – Week 7
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...
Peregrine Trial – Week 6
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...
Peregrine Trial – Week 5
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...
Peregrine Trial – Week 4
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...
Peregrine Trial – Week 3
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...
Peregrine Trial – Week 2
Comments by Bob Grimes TRIAL April 17, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WITNESS MIMI LE In the continuing cross-examination of Mimi Le, Defense Attorney Iredale pointed out that not all positive press releases resulted in an increase in the value of Peregrine stock. The...
Peregrine Criminal Trial
Comments by Bob Grimes I followed United States of America v. Stephen Gardner, et. al, the federal criminal trial of the former Peregrine employees who had been indicted for criminal activities alleged to have occurred when they worked at Peregrine. The following is...
Peregrine Trial – Week 1
Comments by Bob Grimes TRIAL April 10, 2007 - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The attorneys for both sides were given questionnaires that have been filled out by the prospective jurors, to assist in jury selection. The jury panel was screened for a trial which could last three...