NewsMine — cabal-elite — corporate — telecoms — AOL — Viewing Item

Fbi continues aol probe Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030205/wr_nm/media_purchasepro_aol_report_dc_3 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030205/wr_nm/media_purchasepro_aol_report_dc_3 Technology - Internet Report WSJ: FBI Continues to Probe AOL Deals Wed Feb 5, 6:57 AM ET Add Technology - Internet Report to My Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters) - The FBI (news - web sites) has sought to question several former PurchasePro.com Inc. officers in the past few weeks as part of an expanding criminal investigation into advertising deals made by America Online, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The FBI has contacted the former PurchasePro executives to schedule interviews but hasn't told them the nature of its inquiry, the article said. Unnamed people familiar with the situation told the newspaper that the Department of Justice (news - web sites) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (news - web sites) are focusing on AOL Time Warner Inc.'s America Online and some of its former executives, including Eric Keller and David Colburn. Keller, who reported to Colburn, crafted a controversial advertising deal with PurchasePro.com in March 2000, people familiar with the situation told the newspaper. The investigation is continuing and prosecutors are expected to decide whether to bring charges later this year, the people told the Journal. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are probing America Online's relationship with online real estate company Homestore Inc. Several former Homestore officials have pleaded guilty to roles in a scheme to falsely inflate Homestore's 2001 ad sales and have cooperated with prosecutors. AOL declined to comment, according to the report. Keller's attorney did not return calls seeking comment, the newspaper said, and Colburn's attorney declined to comment. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Klein, the investigation's lead prosecutor, did not return a call seeking comment, according to the article. SEC officials declined to comment, the Journal said. Perfect Commerce, which bought bankrupt PurchasePro in January, and AOL were not immediately available for comment early on Wednesday morning.

100b losses { January 29 2003 } Accounting appropriate { July 18 2002 } Aol boss sold shares Aol discloses sec probe { July 25 2002 } Aol exec Aol hard to cancel { September 24 2003 } Aol losses 1m subscribers { June 4 2003 } Aol plans big cuts { January 10 2003 } Aol probe continues { March 29 2003 } Aol purchasepro fool investors { September 24 2003 } Aol subscribers down 846 000 { July 24 2003 } Aol time warner eliminate aol from name Aol tw blackhole { April 29 2002 } Aol tw sells 2bil Case quits { January 13 2003 } Crimimal probe { August 1 2002 } End of 2004 loses 646 thousand subscribers { December 7 2004 } Fbi continues aol probe Justice investigates aol Levin aol More sec probing { April 22 2003 } Oust case { September 17 2002 } Profits to plunge Steve case showdown { July 21 2002 } Time warner drops aol name { October 13 2003 } Turner fights case Turner levin aol { June 4 2002 } Turner retired Turner sold 5m { February 7 2003 } Turner take aol { September 18 2002 } Turner un { November 20 2001 } Unconventional { July 18 2002 } Wheres steve case { July 19 2002 } Wont rebound till 2004 { December 4 2002 } Files Listed: 34

Correction/submissions

CIA FOIA Archive

National Security Archives

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information, go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purpose of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.