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July 21, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Filed under: Chicago executives, Crime, Criminal charges, Litigation, Media Conrad Black posts bond, leaves prison
Conrad Black left a Florida prison Wednesday, after a Chicago federal judge ordered his release on a $2 million bond pending a review of his 2007 fraud conviction.
U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ordered Black, who once controlled a media company that owned the Chicago Sun-Times, to appear in her courtroom at 12:30 p.m. Friday, to go over the conditions of his release. Get the full story »
Conrad Black to be freed on bond
Conrad Black leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after his sentencing hearing in Chicago in this December 10, 2007 file photo. (Reuters/John Gress/Files)
Conrad Black won his request for bail Monday while a federal appeals court reviews whether to overturn his 2007 fraud conviction related to his one-time control of Hollinger International Inc., the former parent of the Chicago Sun-Times.
It is not clear when Black will be released from prison. He has been in federal custody in Florida for more than two years, serving a 78-month sentence for three counts of fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. Get the full story »
Supreme Court sides with Conrad Black, Skilling
Former media baron Conrad Black scored a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, but the ruling does not vindicate him.
Black, the former chief executive of Hollinger International Inc., which owned the Chicago Sun-Times, is serving a 78-month prison sentence.
The high court cast doubt on his 2007 fraud conviction related to $5.5 million in unauthorized bonuses he and three senior executives took from Hollinger. In addition to violating conventional mail and wire-fraud laws, Black and other Hollinger executives, prosecutors charged, cheated shareholders of “their intangible right to honest services of the corporate officers.” Get the full story »
