USA v. PODLUCKY

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Case Number:

2:09-cr-00278

Court:

Pennsylvania Western

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Alan N. Bloch

  1. July 26, 2017

    CEO Accuses Prosecutor Of Using Fraud To Get Guilty Plea

    The former CEO of defunct bottling company Le-Nature's Inc., who pled guilty in 2011 to defrauding banks and investors out of $660 million and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, attempted Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court to withdraw his plea by accusing a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer of defrauding the court.

  2. June 27, 2017

    Le-Nature's Ex-CEO Says He Was Coerced Into Guilty Plea

    The onetime top executive of defunct bottling company Le-Nature's Inc., who in 2011 pled guilty to his role in defrauding banks and investors out of $660 million, asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday to throw out his conviction, arguing that his attorney coerced him into accepting a defective plea agreement.

  3. March 03, 2017

    Former Le-Nature's Exec Can't Reduce 20-Year Sentence

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday declined to reduce the prison sentence of the one-time executive of now-defunct bottling company Le-Nature's Inc., who in 2011 pled guilty to certain charges for his role in orchestrating a $660 million swindle of banks and investors.

  4. October 17, 2011

    Ex-Le-Nature's CEO Argues For Lenient Fraud Sentence

    The former CEO of bottling company Le-Nature's Inc., facing up to 20 years in prison for a $668 million accounting fraud, asked a Pennsylvania federal judge for leniency Thursday because he helped recover assets for creditors in the company's bankruptcy.

  5. October 13, 2011

    Judge Will Hear Ex-Le-Nature's CEO's Bid To Cut Damages

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday said he would consider the former CEO of Le-Nature's Inc.'s bid to slash the $668 million in damages owed for his role in an accounting scheme that bankrupted the bottling company ahead of a sentencing hearing.

  6. April 27, 2011

    Le-Nature's CEO Seeks New Forum For Fraud Trial

    Le-Nature's Inc.'s former CEO on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to move his criminal trial over an alleged $806 million accounting fraud at the bankrupt bottling company to another district court to ensure he gets an impartial jury.

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