Another Loss for Uncle Sam: Judge Dismisses Broadcom Charges

Judge Cormac Carney has dismissed the state’s allegations against Broadcom’s co-founders, and it seems like a separate indictment is going to be thrown out as well.

This move comes after the judge discovered that the state tried to prevent key witnesses from testifying, and that state prosecutors leaked information and conducted badly when contacting attorneys.

The judge found the former company’s CEO not guilty in the 14 counts he was charged for. The company he used to work for is a big chip-maker who was part of a big conspiracy and fraud investigation conducted by the state.

We can go to dinner now . . . Oh my god.
– Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas to former Broadcom CFO, William Ruehle, after federal judge Cormac Carney dismissed fraud and conspiracy charges against the pair Tuesday morning, according to the AP (link not yet available).
Funny to think that Henry Nicholas’s mind turned so quickly to food, but we suppose it’s not entirely surprising that a mostly unexpected jolt of good news would unleash a weird, unscripted response.

And for Nicholas (pictured), the news kept getting better. Judge Carney also asked government prosecutors to show cause why a separate drug indictment against Nicholas should not also be thrown out.

The move came after Carney last week vacated a guilty plea by Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli in the same case. Carney found that prosecutors tried to prevent three key defense witnesses from testifying, improperly contacted attorneys for defense witnesses and leaked information about grand jury proceedings to the media. Click here for a LB post from last week on that ruling.

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