<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Adelphia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><description>Adelphia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Rigas Gets Mistrial]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 9 -- A federal jury deadlocked Friday on securities and bank fraud charges against Michael J. Rigas, the former chief operations officer of Adelphia Communications Corp., ending the trial of a case that federal prosecutors said involved some of the most egregious misuse of a public company's money in recent memory.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Adelphia Case Ends in Mistrial]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39143-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39143-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Michael Rigas's case ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors told the judge that they could not reach agreement on the charges against him.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters  and Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Founder, Son Convicted of Fraud]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37665-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37665-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal jury found Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John J. Rigas and his son Timothy, the former chief financial officer, guilty of conspiring to loot the cable television company of millions of dollars, a major victory in the government's battle to hold corporate leaders accountable.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters  and Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Founder Found Guilty of Conspiracy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37120-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37120-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy Rigas, were found guilty of conspiracy Thursday.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters and Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury to Begin Deliberations In Rigas Trial]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6702-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6702-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 25 -- After nearly four months of testimony and argument, a federal jury Monday will begin deciding whether Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John J. Rigas and two sons deceived shareholders while looting the company or have been unfairly made the scapegoats for the firm's financial woes.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chairman Trusted Adelphia's Stewards, Attorney Tells Jury]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50619-2004Jun17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50619-2004Jun17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW YORK, June 17 -- Former Adelphia Communications Corp. chairman John J. Rigas, 79, risked his entire fortune to help the company he founded, never sold a share and trusted his lawyers and accountants to make sure that the cable company complied with the law, Rigas's attorney told a federal jury in closing arguments at his four-month fraud trial.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud Trial Begins for Adelphia's Founding Family]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21241-2004Mar1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21241-2004Mar1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK , March 1 -- Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John J. Rigas and two of his sons siphoned off millions of dollars in corporate funds for personal extravagances, including using Adelphia funds to pay for 100 bedroom slippers and for corporate jets to deliver Christmas trees to another family member, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday.]]></description><author> Christopher Stern</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Ready to Hire Former AT&T Executives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8442-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8442-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Adelphia Communications Corp.'s board announced Friday that it agreed to hire two former AT&T Broadband executives to bring the cable television company out of bankruptcy. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Christopher Stern</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Trouble for Big 4]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59355-2003Feb11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59355-2003Feb11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The accounting firms face the possible loss of tax-shelter businesses, lawsuits from audit clients, and potentially costly government probes.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw and Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia's Founder Seeks Venue Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35424-2003Jan9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35424-2003Jan9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Jan. 9 -- If lawyers for Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John J. Rigas get their way, he and two of his sons will face a jury of their Pennsylvania neighbors rather than stand trial in Manhattan on charges that they looted the cable company and hid more than $2.3 billion in loans.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Finance Official Admits Fraud]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56603-2002Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56603-2002Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A former executive with Adelphia Communications  broke ranks with the cable company's founders, pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges and agreeing to testify against members of the Rigas family. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Sues Auditor Deloitte & Touche]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20145-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20145-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Adelphia Communications Corp. sued its outside auditing firm yesterday, alleging that Deloitte & Touche LLP could have prevented the cable company's slide into bankruptcy.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Officers Plead Not Guilty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35367-2002Oct2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35367-2002Oct2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five former Adelphia Communications Corp. executives, including three members of the Rigas family, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal conspiracy charges that they looted the company of $252 million and hid more than $2 billion in loans.<BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Withholds Rigas Severance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5471-2002Sep11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5471-2002Sep11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Adelphia Communications Corp. is refusing to pay former chief executive John Rigas millions of dollars in severance benefits, citing fraud charges against the cable company's founder, according to a source briefed on the situation.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Christopher Stern</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probe of Adelphia's Rigas Family Widens]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57061-2002Aug7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57061-2002Aug7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Investigators are probing Adelphia Communications Corp.'s founding family for evidence of tax and mail fraud, according to sources familiar with the investigation.<BR> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia's Founder, Sons Are Charged]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59822-2002Jul24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59822-2002Jul24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal authorities Wednesday arrested five former executives of Adelphia Communications Corp., including the founder and two of his sons, and charged them with defrauding investors out of billions of dollars.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson and Christopher Stern</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia Indictments Readied]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9963-2002Jul15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9963-2002Jul15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors are preparing to indict John J. Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications Corp., and three of his children for allegedly taking part in accounting gimmicks and self-dealing at the bankrupt cable television firm. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia's Troubles Lead to Chapter 11]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46118-2002Jun26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46118-2002Jun26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/corporateethics/adelphia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, June 25 -- Adelphia Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today because of financial troubles that have gotten worse since the company revealed billions of dollars in off-the-books borrowing by the family of founder John J. Rigas.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>