Attorneys for former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch call him an innovator who delegated the details of running a business. Photo: Graham Barclay/Bloomberg News Ex-GC of Autonomy Says Accounting Turned Odd Before $11B Sale to HP
Joel Scott, the former general counsel of the U.K.-based tech company Autonomy's U.S. division, took the stand in the fraud trial of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, accused of padding his company's revenue to dupe HP into the purchase.
April 19, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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White Collar Crime
The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
It was around 2007 when Joel Scott, then general counsel of the U.K.-based tech company Autonomy's U.S. division, started to get concerned about some of the business tactics being pushed by his employers.
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