Conviction Overturned for Banking Star Quattrone

by Jim Zarroli, NPR

Frank Quattrone, a leading investment banker during the Internet boom, may face a third trial after an appeals court tossed out his conviction. The court concluded the jury was improperly advised during his 2004 trial. Quattrone was convicted on charges that he obstructed a government probe into stock offerings at the height of the dot-com boom.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 21, 2006