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Related: About this forumFormer Informix Executive Hauled Into Court On 19-Year-Old Indictment Regarding Alleged Investment
Former Informix Executive Hauled Into Court On 19-Year-Old Indictment Regarding Alleged Investment Fraud SchemeSAN FRANCISCO This morning, former Informix executive Walter Konigseder appeared in federal court to face investment fraud charges laid out in an 11-count indictment filed in October of 2000, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
A federal grand jury indicted Konigseder, 67, a German national, on October 5, 2000. According to the indictment, in the early 1990s, Konigseder was the Sales Director and Country Manager for Germany of Menlo Park-based Informix, a multinational, publicly held computer software developer, support, training, and consulting company. From 1992 through 1996, Konigseder had authority over Informixs sales force, finance, and legal staff within all of Central and Eastern Europe. The indictment alleges that Konigseder caused Informix to record false and illusory sales, to make false statement to Informixs auditors and management, and to book license revenue in advance, rather than over the period of maintenance contracts.
The indictment describes how Konigseder engaged in numerous acts of alleged wrongdoing in connection with Informixs restatement in 1997 of its 1996 earnings. The indictment alleges that Konigseders fraud contributed to the need for Informix to restate its 1996 earnings. Between April and September of 1997, Informix therefore restated its previous years growth. The result was a 60% drop in its stock valuea change to the companys value from approximately $2.5 billion to as low as $975 million. For example, the indictment describes six illusionary sales between June of 1996 and January of 1997 in which Konigseder, contrary to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, directed Informix to recognize more than $25 million in revenue on contracts that contained contingencies. Further, the indictment describes how Konigseder allegedly concealed material facts from Informixs auditors. In July of 1997, for example, Konigseder allegedly reported to Informixs auditors that a client did not make a multi-million dollar payment because the client was hoping to expand on the existing contract with Informix. In truth, Konigseder was aware that the client had exercised a side agreement canceling the contract with Informix altogether. The indictment also alleges Konigseder caused Informix to make false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission overstating the companys earnings in the second, third, and fourth quarters of 1996.
In sum, Konigseder was charged with three counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2; four counts of accounting fraud, in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78m(b) and 78ff(a), 17 C.F.R. 240.13b2-1, and 18 U.S.C. § 2; and three counts of false statements to accountants, in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78m(b)(2) and 78ff(a), 17 C.F.R. 240.13b2-2, and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-informix-executive-hauled-court-19-year-old-indictment-regarding-alleged
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