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SEC Charges Ex-AOL Execs With Fraud

Alleges they inflated revenue during merger with Time Warner

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted May 20, 2008 9:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed civil fraud charges against eight former AOL executives for allegedly inflating AOL's advertising revenues before its merger with Time Warner, the Wall Street Journal reports. The men are accused of giving firms money to buy ads on AOL... Read full story »

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