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  Kozlowski Declares His Innocence - - CFO.com
Kozlowski and former CFO Mark H. Swartz are accused of stealing $150 million from the company by improperly forgiving company loans to themselves and awarding themselves unauthorized bonuses, reported The New York Times.
Kozlowski's testimony was interpreted by some observers as a sign of desperation by his defense attorneys.
Regarding the $25 million bonus, Kozlowski pointed out that when he learned he was eligible for a $60 million bonus, he suggested to Hampton that he and Swartz use a portion of their bonuses to repay loans, added the Journal.
www.cfo.com /article.cfm/3928777?f=home_breakingnews   (618 words)

  
 Complaint: SEC v. L. Dennis Kozlowski, Mark H. Swartz, and Mark A. Belnick
Kozlowski and Swartz knew, or were reckless in not knowing, that they were obligated to disclose their improper KELP loans to investors in Tyco's annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements — but they failed to do so.
Kozlowski and Swartz knew, or were reckless in not knowing, that their related party transactions were not disclosed to investors in Tyco's annual reports filed on Form 10-K and proxy statements filed with the Commission, in violation of the federal securities laws.
Kozlowski and Swartz knew, or were reckless in not knowing, that their rent-free apartments, personal use of company aircraft and other perquisites were not disclosed to investors as executive compensation in Tyco's annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements, as required by the federal securities laws.
www.sec.gov /litigation/complaints/complr17722.htm   (4159 words)

  
 L. Dennis Kozlowski, Mark H. Swartz and Mark A. Belnick: Lit. Rel. No. 17722 / September 12, 2002
Kozlowski disregarded the purpose of the program by borrowing at least $270 million but using only about $29 million to cover taxes due as a result of the vesting of his restricted shares of the company.
Kozlowski and Swartz covered up these transactions In addition, Kozlowski and Swartz directed others to falsify Tyco's books and records to bury this secret compensation by offsetting the costs against an unrelated gain realized on the disposal of a Tyco subsidiary.
Kozlowski and Swartz once again directed others to falsify Tyco's books and records to bury this secret compensation by offsetting the cost against an unrelated gain on the sale of common stock of a Tyco subsidiary.
www.sec.gov /litigation/litreleases/lr17722.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Dennis Kozlowski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kozlowski testified on his own behalf during the second trial, stating that his pay package was "confusing" and "almost embarrassingly big", but that he never committed a crime as the company's top executive.
Kozlowski was convicted on June 17, 2005 for misappropriation of Tyco's corporate funds, among other charges.
Kozlowski is notorious for his extravagant lifestyle supported by the booming stock market of the late 1990s and early 2000s; allegedly, he had Tyco pay for his $30 million New York City apartment which included $6,000 shower curtains.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dennis_Kozlowski   (482 words)

  
 Tyco Execs Sentenced, Kozlowski, Swartz Get 8 1/3 To 25 Years For Stealing $600M - CBS News
Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International, was sentenced Monday to eight and one-third years to 25 years in prison Monday for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company.
Kozlowski and Swartz join a string of executives convicted in recent years in high-profile corporate wrongdoing cases, among them former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy.
Kozlowski and Swartz were accused of enriching themselves by nearly $600 million by taking unauthorized pay and bonuses, abusing loan programs and selling their company stock at inflated prices after lying about Tyco's finances.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/09/19/national/main858694.shtml   (590 words)

  
 People v. Kozlowski
Kozlowski and Gatson also argue that there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions for kidnapping for extortion because there was only a single victim for each offense.
Kozlowski and Gatson contend that their convictions of kidnapping for extortion violate state and federal due process because the People did not prove all elements of the offense-that is, a second victim for each offense.
Kozlowski and Gatson rely on language in Ibrahim suggesting that in cases in which there is no secondary victim, the distinction between kidnapping for robbery and kidnapping for extortion is too subtle to warrant such different punishments-life imprisonment with possibility of parole for the former and life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the latter.
www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/mar/a091586.shtml   (6713 words)

  
 Tyco Spent Millions for Benefit Of Kozlowski, Its Former CEO: Company Secretly Forgave Loans, Financed Extravagant ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski: One avenue being explored by the Manhattan district attorney is whether the former Tyco chief failed to pay New York state and city income tax on some of his compensation, including the company apartment and forgiven loans.
Kozlowski says the trainer and doctor were hired as part of a corporate wellness program, and the chef and corporate dining rooms were added to cut costs and improve efficiency, as many executives were ordering in costly meals or leaving the office to eat.
Kozlowski says he has "no knowledge" of any $25 million loan forgiveness in fiscal 1999, again saying the former CEO assumes subordinates followed his instructions to pay off all his loans at the end of each year with some of his restricted stock or other compensation.
www.mindfully.org /Industry/Tyco-Spent-Millions-Kozlowski7aug02.htm   (4029 words)

  
 BW Online | December 23, 2002 | The Rise and Fall of Dennis Kozlowski
Kozlowski made his mark as president of Tyco's largest division, Grinnell Fire Protection Systems Co. In short order, Kozlowski cut overhead to the bone, did away with 98% of the written reports required by his predecessors, and remade Grinnell's compensation system.
Kozlowski's ascension to the top job at Tyco coincided with the breakdown of his marriage, which appears to have been no less a turning point in his gradual transformation from regular guy to free-spending Master of the Universe.
Kozlowski's tale is far from finished, but already it is clear that his fate and that of the empire he created have diverged.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/02_51/b3813001.htm   (6155 words)

  
 New York Daily News - News & Views - The great Tyco robbery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski and his cohorts also allegedly plundered corporate accounts and skimmed company profits to buy themselves swanky apartments and vacation homes and fill them with fine art and expensive baubles.
Kozlowski, former Tyco chief executive Mark Swartz and the company's former chief counsel, Mark Belnick, were marched into a Manhattan courtroom in handcuffs, where they pleaded not guilty.
Kozlowski allegedly billed Tyco $72,042 for jewelry, $155,067 for clothing, $96,943 for flowers, $60,427 for club memberships, $52,334 for wine and $110,000 for corporate use of his personal yacht.
www.nydailynews.com /news/story/18669p-17595c.html   (658 words)

  
 Kozlowski to Settle Tax Case for $21.2M - CBS News
The amount covers $3.2 million in sales taxes that Kozlowski owed on the purchase of $15 million worth of art, as well as $18 million he owes for state and city income taxes, said defense lawyer James DeVita and Assistant District Attorney Ann Donnelly.
Kozlowski still owes about $70 million in fines and $97 million in restitution stemming from his grand larceny conviction.
Morgenthau said the Kozlowski tax case was part of his ongoing investigation into whether galleries, dealers and customers had avoided paying state sales taxes.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/05/13/ap/business/mainD8HIOJG80.shtml   (615 words)

  
 Tyco's Kozlowski guilty of fraud / Aide convicted also; jury in second trial finds they plotted to steal millions
Kozlowski and Mark Swartz, Tyco's former chief financial officer, were convicted by a New York State Supreme Court jury on all but one of 31 counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, falsifying business records and securities fraud.
Instead of days of testimony about Kozlowski's now infamous $6,080 shower curtain or a $2 million birthday party for his wife that was partially paid for by the company, prosecutors spent most of the trial drilling into the complex accounting issues surrounding the $150 million that Kozlowski and Swartz were accused of stealing.
Kozlowski portrayed himself as a self-made entrepreneur who has become the victim of an overzealous prosecutor interested in sensational headlines and a board trying to protect itself from shareholder lawsuits.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/18/BUG4QDAJ2T1.DTL   (747 words)

  
 Tyco to Sue Kozlowski
Kozlowski was one of the highest, if not the highest, compensated executive in the country.
Kozlowski breached these duties to the Company and, as a result, the Company has been damaged in an amount that far exceeds the amounts that Kozlowski directly misappropriated for himself.
Kozlowski and Walsh concealed this payment from the Board, which did not become aware of it until reading a draft proxy in January 2002 and demanded immediate repayment.
www.csaaul.org /TycotoSueKozlowski.htm   (1941 words)

  
 Charged with fraud, Kozlowski avoids jail -- for now - Sep. 19, 2002
Kozlowski, whose assets were frozen as a result of his indictment last week on fraud charges, was freed after his ex-wife, Angie, agreed to post bail, although there may be a hearing to determine whether the money comes from funds allegedly taken from Tyco.
At last week's arraignment, the judge released Kozlowski -- the son of a former Newark, N.J., police detective -- on a $100 million bond that was to be secured by $10 million in personal assets.
Kozlowski, 55, resigned from Tyco on June 4, a day after the Manhattan district attorney charged him with evading $1 million in sales tax on artwork and other luxury items he allegedly purchased with company funds.
money.cnn.com /2002/09/19/news/companies/kozlowski_jail   (714 words)

  
 Kozlowski Speaks! - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
While Kozlowski did not dwell on the results--which included a pay package of $125 million in 2000--he did defend the system of Tyco's various incentives and loan programs.
But Kozlowski testified that even before he was CEO the use of KELP loans was unrestricted.
Toward the end of the day, Kozlowski testified about three of the episodes of his CEO reign that have proved the most controversial, even if they were less than a rounding error on Tyco's income statements.
www.forbes.com /management/2005/04/28/cx_da_0428topnews.html   (1266 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Wife of Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski Files for Divorce - Business Leaders (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Karen Kozlowski, 45, is seeking a lien to protect her half of a 15,000-square-foot waterfront mansion in Boca Raton the couple bought with no-interest Tyco loans for $19 million.
Dennis Kozlowski and Tyco International Ltd.'s (TYC) former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz, were convicted in June 2005 of looting Tyco of nearly $600 million to finance opulent lifestyles using illegal bonuses and loans.
Kozlowski was once one of the highest-paid executives in the country, earning about $267 million from 1999 through 2001.
www.foxnews.com.cob-web.org:8888 /story/0,2933,208681,00.html   (390 words)

  
 James M. Kozlowski, MD
Kozlowski has been an important member of the Department of Urology faculty since his arrival.
Fong CJ, Sutkowski DM, Kozlowski JM, Lee C. Utilization of the Boyden chamber to further characterize in vitro migration and invasion of benign and malignant human prostatic epithelial cells.
Crawford ED, Kozlowski JM, Debruyne FM, Fair WR, Logothetis CP, Balmer C, Robinson RG, Porter AT, Kirk D. The use of strontium 89 for palliation of pain from bone metastases associated with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
www.medschool.northwestern.edu /depts/urology/faculty/kozlowski.html   (825 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Kozlowski's testimony may have cost him dearly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski and Swartz were convicted of stealing from the company through unauthorized bonuses, forgiven loans and other payments.
Kozlowski, whose face reddened as the verdict was read, and Swartz, who glanced at his wife, Karen, as jury foreman Isaac Rosenthal read the litany of guilty findings, said nothing as they left the Manhattan courthouse.
Kozlowski, who did not testify in the initial prosecution, took the stand for several days of testimony that preceded a second appearance by Swartz.
www.usatoday.com /money/industries/manufacturing/2005-06-17-kozlowski-verdict_x.htm   (1876 words)

  
 Kozlowski testifies he relied on others - The Boston Globe
Testifying only briefly in state Supreme Court in Manhattan in response to follow-up questions from his lawyer, Kozlowski acknowledged that as chief executive he signed the company's most important documents relating to what was publicly reported about his finances.
He said he trusted the decisions of the lawyers and accountants and did not direct them on whether to include information on public documents such as tens of millions of dollars in loans that were forgiven as part of his annual bonus packages.
Kozlowski also testified that he did not notice that $25 million in bonus payments used to pay off a company loan was not included on his tax forms from the company for 1999.
www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2005/05/04/kozlowski_testifies_he_relied_on_others?mode=PF   (253 words)

  
 Tyco reportedly gave Kozlowski $135M for luxury purchases - Aug. 7, 2002
Kozlowski, 55, who oversaw the expansion of one of the largest U.S. companies, was charged, and pleaded not guilty (in an earlier version of the story CNN/Money erroneously reported Kozlowski pleaded guilty), in June with evading more than $1 million in New York State sales taxes on art purchases.
In 1998, Kozlowski bought a 15,000-square-foot, Mediterranean-style, waterfront mansion in Florida with a pool, tennis court and a fountain, using a $19 million, no-interest loan from Tyco.
Kozlowski also could face additional charges for failing to pay New York state and city income tax on compensation, including the apartment and forgiven loans.
money.cnn.com /2002/08/07/news/companies/tyco_kozlowski/index.htm   (612 words)

  
 Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski found guilty - Corporate Scandals - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski and former Tyco finance chief Mark H. Swartz joined a string of executives convicted in recent years in high-profile corporate wrongdoing cases, among them former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy.
The first trial of Kozlowski and Swartz ended with a judge declaring a mistrial in April 2004 because a juror, identified by a newspaper as a holdout for acquittal, received a menacing telephone call and letter.
Kozlowski became the object of ridicule after it was revealed that the furnishings at his Manhattan apartment included a $6,000 shower curtain and other extravagances that brought the price of the place to more than $30 million.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8258729   (1050 words)

  
 Kozlowski Guilty On 22 Counts - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski, former chief executive officer of Tyco (nyse: TYC - news - people), was found guilty in state Supreme Court.
Kozlowski didn't dwell on a pay package of $125 million in 2000, but he defended Tyco's system of various incentives and loan programs.
Kozlowski and Swartz join former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers and Adelphia Communications (otc: ADELQ - news - people) founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy, as convicted felons.
www.forbes.com /markets/commodities/2005/06/17/kozlowski-tyco-swartz-cx_sr_0617koz.html   (716 words)

  
 Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco International
And since then, Kozlowski has kicked his dealmaking machine back into full throttle, snapping up some 40 companies in 2000 for a total of $9 billion, while profits have soared.
Kozlowski, 54, a 23-year company veteran who took over as CEO in 1992, is free to focus on dealmaking because he gives his managers enormous autonomy.
One of Kozlowski's finest moments involved an underseas fiber-optic cable business he bought from AT&T for $850 million in 1997.
www.businessweek.com /2001/01_02/b3714009.htm   (383 words)

  
 Kozlowski Takes Stand in His Larceny Retrial
NEW YORK, April 27 -- Former Tyco International Ltd. chief executive L. Dennis Kozlowski took the witness stand Wednesday and denied that he ever abused company loan programs or received a bonus to which he was not entitled.
Testifying in his own defense at his retrial on larceny charges, Kozlowski said his intent was always to increase business, never to commit a crime.
Kozlowski, 58, was the first defense witness in the trial.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702259.html   (317 words)

  
 Kozlowski Could Do Jail Time If Convicted on Tax Charges
Kozlowski was indicted on the charges Tuesday, according to Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau.
Kozlowski bought six paintings worth $13.2 million and had them shipped to Tyco's headquarters in New Hampshire allegedly to avoid paying New York sales tax.
Kozlowski was charged with falsifying and tampering with business records as well as conspiring with the seller of the art to evade city and state sales tax.
www.thestreet.com /markets/marketfeatures/10025550.html   (499 words)

  
 Kozlowski Farms - Sonoma County Classics
Kozlowski Farms is one of the oldest family owned and operated farms in Sonoma County.
When Tony Kozlowski began farming in 1949, wife Carmen made use of extra apples and berries by creating homemade jams and pastries.
As Sonoma County matured into a booming tourist area, Kozlowski Farms kept up with the growing demands of the community by continuously expanding their small retail store.
kozlowskifarms.com   (274 words)

  
 Kozlowski Farms Sonoma County wines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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Though Kozlowski Farms is known for producing specialty and natural food products, the Kozlowski Family couldn't be in the heart of the Russian River Valley and not make a wine from the jeweled property.
The Kozlowski Family Pinot Noir was made by Carmen's eldest granddaughter, Tracy Dutton and her husband Joe, at their Sebastopol Vineyard Winery.
kozlowskifarms.com /pages/wines_chardonnay_pinot_noir   (348 words)

  
 Kozlowski Homes - Custom Home Builders, Illinois Homes, Naperville Homes, Batavia Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kozlowski Homes, one of Chicagoland's premiere custom home builders, has been a leader in relocation home construction for over 20 years.
Kozlowski Homes has consistently purchased land and constructed homes in some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.
Kozlowski Homes has the highest financial rating of any builder affiliated with First American Title Company.
www.kozlowskihomes.com /whoWeAre.html   (400 words)

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