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Hearing Postponed In Peregrine CEO's Fraud Case

by Pat Blank, Iowa Public Radio
July 27, 2012

Russell Wasendorf Sr., the CEO of bankrupt brokerage firm Peregrine, attempted suicide after he was accused of embezzling millions of dollars over the past 20 years. He complicated whatever defense he might be preparing by admitting everything in his suicide note.

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  • Morning Edition, July 27, 2012
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