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To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (73662)	3/30/2001 10:46:57 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

If violating the law is common knowledge it does not make it legal. Drunk driving is still punished even if you did not hurt any one. Same apply to using drugs or even holding cocaine ....... you do not hurt any one but it is against the law and has a minimun prison term. As such what you are writing ...... it was criminal. securities.stanford.edu law.com Haim

To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (73662)	3/30/2001 11:33:16 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 99985

Regarding Kickbacks - will they do it on Wall Street ?? Ex - IBM Manager Sentenced to Prison WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A former IBM manager was sentenced Friday to 63 months in prison for his part in a scheme that gave him $2.5 million in kickbacks for steering the company's spare-parts business to a contractor. Robert St. Germain, 57, of Verbank, had been convicted in December of federal tax and money-laundering crimes. From 1990 to 1993, St. Germain managed IBM's Reutilization Department, which oversees the sale of surplus computer parts. Evidence at St. German's non-jury trial showed he steered business to Cerplex Inc. through sales representatives who kicked back part of their commissions to him, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White said. Judge Colleen McMahon ordered St. Germain to forfeit $1.2 million and to pay $15,000 in fines. St. Germain is the 13th defendant in related cases to plead guilty or be convicted. nytimes.com