Adler Pleads Guilty
Former HIH director Rodney Adler was sentenced on 14 April 2005 to four and a half years jail, with a non-parole period of two and a half years. Adler's jail sentence came after pleading guilty on 16 February 2005 to four criminal charges, which included:
- two counts of disseminating information knowing it was false
- one count of obtaining money by false or misleading statements
- one count of being intentionally dishonest and failing to discharge his duties as a director in good faith and in the best interests of the company
The sentence was a lenient one, since the judge accepted the defendant's plea of mitigation, citing that he had not sold any of his own shares, or personally benefitted from his actions.
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