Slatkin’s Bookkeeper Sentenced in Fraud Case
From Associated Press
A former bookkeeper for EarthLink Inc. co-founder Reed Slatkin was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for obstructing a federal fraud probe that resulted in Slatkin being sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Jean Janu, 58, pleaded guilty last year, and U.S. District Judge Margaret Morrow in Los Angeles said that Janu should have known investors’ money was at risk.
Authorities said Janu created bogus account statements in support of a Ponzi scheme concocted by Slatkin that bilked about 800 investors out of nearly $600 million.
The investment scam did not involve EarthLink.
