Government’s Evidence In Securities Fraud Suit Supports Guilty Verdict

Mealey's (September 12, 2022, 11:33 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal district court did not err in denying an accountant’s post-verdict motion for a judgment as a matter of law that the evidence presented at trial did not support his conviction on counts related to his role in the falsification of Securities and Exchange Commission reporting documents because the evidence presented at trial supported the jury’s verdict convicting the accountant on four of the charges against him, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 7 in affirming....