Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,167 United States of America v. Benjamin Lieberman, United States of America v. Jack H. Shapiro
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 7, 1980No. 78-1465, 78-1466PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Giant Stores Corporation, which operated a chain of discount stores in New England, obtained large bank loans and made a successful public offering of common stock in 1972. On June 25, 1973, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a nonpublic investigation into Giant’s financial affairs, during which it determined that Giant had defrauded banks and investors by overstating the company’s income in financial statements for the fiscal year ending January 29, 1972 (FY 1972). Giant went bankrupt in 1973, and the SEC investigation ultimately led to the indictment…
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