AP: Adelphia founder's son sentenced

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Adelphia founder's son sentenced

March 4, 2006

Michael Rigas, son of Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas, was sentenced to 10 months home confinement by a judge who said he was “close to being a pawn” in a family-run cable television business portrayed as a house of fraud.

The 52-year-old Rigas was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan after pleading guilty to a charge of making a false entry in a company record, eliminating the need for his retrial on much more serious securities fraud and bank fraud charges.

The judge said he had no doubt that Michael Rigas's misconduct “pales in comparison to that of his father and brother.” Last year, John Rigas and another son, Timothy, were sentenced after they were convicted of using the company's funds like a bank teller machine as they hid more than $2 billion in company debt.

Associated Press


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[bluestateguy]

1. More kid gloves treatment of white collar crime

Though I would oppose the death penalty in this case, the death penalty should be an option in white collar corporate crimes of a severe nature.

It would get the attention of the corporate white male community. It would be a sort of shock therapy (pun intended?).

[depakid]

3. Yep- that's just fucking sick

that 52 year old "kid" deserved 10+ years in a federal penetentiary- and not club fed, either.

[WhiteTara]

2. I hope his sentence includes

restitution. 10 months at home and gets to keep the loot wouldn't be justice in my mind.

[acmejack]

4. Well at least it's worse than torturing a man to death.

But not as bad as smoking pot. I guess they figure all the people Adelphia cheated weren't really victims.