Lindsey Manufacturin Company

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Charge:	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"In May 2011 Lindsey Manufacturing Company, Keith Lindsey (President), and Steven Lee (Chief Financial Officer) were convicted by a jury after a five week trial by a federal jury in the Central District of California of one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and five counts of FCPA violations. They were indicted in October 2010. On December 1, 2011 U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz vacated the defendant's convictions and dismissed the indictments with prejudice because of egregious prosecutor misconduct that included concealing exculpatory evidence and suborning perjury from an FBI agent. Judge Matz wrote about the defendants, "Charges were filed against them as a result of a sloppy, incomplete and notably over-zealous investigation, an investigation that was so flawed that the Government’s lawyers tried to prevent inquiry into it." and, "In this case, dismissal of the Superseding Indictment is justified not only as a deterrent but to release [defendant] from further anguish anduncertainty." Judge Matz concluded his order with, 'Within the period beginning in 2008 and continuing at least through June 27,2011, the Government team committed many wrongful acts. It should not bepermitted to escape the consequences of that conduct. By not allowing it to benefitfrom a "do over.""
Conviction Caused By:	Egregious prosecutor misconduct of withholding exculpatory evidence and suborning perjury from an FBI agent.
Innocence Proved By:	"On December 1, 2011 U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz vacated the defendant's convictions and dismissed the indictments with prejudice because of egregious prosecutor misconduct that fatally prejudiced the defendant's right to due process,"
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Information Source 1:	"USA v Lindsey Manufacturing, Keith Lindsey and Steven Lee, No. CR 10-01031(A)-AHM (Central Dist CA), 12-1-2012, Order of Dismissal "
Information Location 1:	http://www.scribd.com/doc/74445224/Judge-Matz-Ruling-Vacating-Lindsey-Convictions
Information Source 2:	"Milestone Erased: Judge Matz Dismisses Lindsey Convictions, FCPA Professor, December 1, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/milestone-erased-judge-matz-dismisses-lindsey-convictions-says-that-dr-lindsey-and-mr-lee-were-put-through-a-severe-ordeal-and-that-lindsey-manufacturing-a-small-once-highly-respected-ente
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Lindsey Manufacturin Company

Charge:

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Egregious prosecutor misconduct of withholding exculpatory evidence and suborning perjury from an FBI agent.

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 1, 2011 U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz vacated the defendant's convictions and dismissed the indictments with prejudice because of egregious prosecutor misconduct that fatally prejudiced the defendant's right to due process,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Business

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"USA v Lindsey Manufacturing, Keith Lindsey and Steven Lee, No. CR 10-01031(A)-AHM (Central Dist CA), 12-1-2012, Order of Dismissal "

Information Location 1:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74445224/Judge-Matz-Ruling-Vacating-Lindsey-Convictions

Information Source 2:

"Milestone Erased: Judge Matz Dismisses Lindsey Convictions, FCPA Professor, December 1, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/milestone-erased-judge-matz-dismisses-lindsey-convictions-says-that-dr-lindsey-and-mr-lee-were-put-through-a-severe-ordeal-and-that-lindsey-manufacturing-a-small-once-highly-respected-ente

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