Charged Corporate Executives & Respondents
Profiles of corporate officers, directors, chief financial officers, and individuals named as defendants or respondents in public regulatory orders, SEC administrative proceedings, and federal criminal indictments.
INDIVIDUALS REGISTRY
- 19 corporate executives and respondents are indexed from public enforcement orders.
- Profiles track criminal prison terms, civil money penalties, disgorgement, and officer and director bars.
- All entries cite public court dockets, plea agreements, and SEC litigation releases.
| Name | Country | Primary Role & Enforcement Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Ebbers | US | CEO of WorldCom; convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy, sentenced to 25 years federal prison. |
| Scott Sullivan | US | CFO of WorldCom who directed the fraudulent capitalization of line costs; pleaded guilty, served 5 years. |
| Jeffrey Skilling | US | CEO of Enron; convicted of 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy, and insider trading; sentenced to 24 years. |
| Andrew Fastow | US | CFO of Enron who created off-balance-sheet partnerships (LJM, Chewco) to hide debt; served 6 years. |
| Markus Braun | AT | CEO of Wirecard AG; arrested in Germany and tried for commercial gang fraud and market manipulation. |
| Jan Marsalek | AT | COO of Wirecard AG who handled third-party acquirers in Asia; fled justice and remains an international fugitive. |
| B. Ramalinga Raju | IN | Founder and Chairman of Satyam who confessed to fabricating $1B in cash balances; sentenced to 7 years. |
| Elizabeth Holmes | US | Founder and CEO of Theranos; convicted of four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy; sentenced to 11.25 years. |
| Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani | US | COO and President of Theranos; convicted on 12 counts of fraud; sentenced to 12.9 years federal prison. |
| L. Dennis Kozlowski | US | CEO of Tyco International convicted of grand larceny, securities fraud, and conspiracy; served 6.5 years. |
| John Rigas | US | Founder and CEO of Adelphia Communications; convicted of bank fraud and conspiracy; sentenced to 15 years. |
| Sanjay Kumar | US | CEO of Computer Associates; pleaded guilty to orchestrating $2.2B 35-day month accounting fraud; sentenced to 12 years. |
| Al 'Chainsaw' Dunlap | US | CEO of Sunbeam barred from serving as an officer or director and fined $500,000 for massive financial engineering. |
| Lee Farkas | US | Chairman of Taylor Bean & Whitaker convicted of $2.9B bank fraud against Colonial Bank; sentenced to 30 years. |
| Jenaro Garcia Martin | ES | Founder and CEO of Let's GOWEX who confessed on Twitter that company financial statements were false. |
| Markus Jooste | ZA | CEO of Steinhoff International charged with orchestrating €6.5B in bogus transactions with third parties. |
| Hui Ka Yan | CN | Founder and Chairman of China Evergrande barred for life from China's securities market and fined 47M yuan. |
| Calisto Tanzi | IT | Founder of Parmalat sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraudulent bankruptcy and market rigging. |
| Gregory Reyes | US | CEO of Brocade Communications; first corporate executive convicted at trial in the options backdating scandal. |