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Sep. 28, 2010

SEC Fails to Prove Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission failed to convince a jury that the former controller of Embarcadero Technologies Inc., a San Francisco software company, committed fraud when he backdated stock options at the company earlier this decade.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Securities and Exchange Commission failed to convince a jury that the former controller of Embarcadero Technologies Inc., a San Francisco software company, committed fraud when he backdated stock options at the company earlier this decade. After a three-week trial, a federal jury Friday rejected the SEC's fraud claims, although it did find that defendant Michael C. Pattison failed to implem...

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