Lester Crawford

[Eagle101]

This just reported on FOX News. If someone can find the link and post it please do.

Former head of the FDA and Marengo County native Lester Crawford is facing federal charges. The feds are stating he lied about some stock holdings and had a conflict of interest when he was head of FDA.

[demopolite]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2574004

Here's a link, Sarge.

[Eagle101]

That was about what they said on Fox. They added that he would plead guilty.

[stickman]

	Quote:	The Sarge
	This just reported on FOX News. If someone can find the link and post it please do. Former head of the FDA and Marengo County native Lester Crawford is facing federal charges. The feds are stating he lied about some stock holdings and had a conflict of interest when he was head of FDA.

I saw it on CNN Headline News about 30 mins ago.



Former FDA chief charged with lying in conflict-of-interest case

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The former head of the Food and Drug Administration is being charged with lying about owning stocks in businesses that are regulated by the FDA.

Lester Crawford is expected to appear before a magistrate judge Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington on charges of making a false writing and conflict of interest.

In an "information" document made public Monday, the Justice Department's fraud and corruption section contends Crawford and his wife held shares in Kimberly-Clark and Sysco despite claims those stocks had been sold. The court papers cite a December 2004 e-mail to an ethics official stating "Sysco and Kimberly-Clark have in fact been sold."

The legal document also alleges Crawford did not disclose income from exercising stock options in Embrex, an agricultural biotechnology firm also regulated by the FDA. --From Senior Producer Carol Cratty (Posted 4:24 p.m.)

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...day/index.html

[Kagan]

What was he thinking?!?!
I know his family. This is just plain dumb!