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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:30:33 PDT</pubDate>
<title>Not Your Every Day Tech Exec Scandal</title>
<dc:creator>Mike Masnick</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the good folks over at <a href="http://valleywag.com/">Valleywag</a> might have you believe otherwise, most tech execs lead rather boring lives.  There aren't that many "scandals" that happen around these parts -- and the ones that do happen, tend to be rather mundane.  Some stock option backdating and maybe a bit of lying on the old resume, seem to be about as scandalous as it normally gets.  But Henry Nicholas of Broadcom apparently decided to go with the more made-for-Hollywood sort of scandal.  There is the option backdating issue here, but that's nothing compared to the fact that he's now been indicted for also keeping a warehouse full of drugs which he used for things like <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/06/05/former-broadcom-ceo-nicholas-indicted-on-drug-fraud-charges-spiked-customers-drinks-with-ecstasy/?mod=googlenews_barrons">putting ecstasy in other tech execs' and customers' drinks</a>, as well as supplying speed, cocaine and pot to tech execs.  And then there were the prostitutes. Oh yeah, and the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nicholas18jul18,0,7022711.story?page=1&#038;coll=la-home-center">sex lair</a> that leaked to the press last year.  There's definitely a movie coming out of all of this one day.  In the meantime, though, I think I prefer the Silicon Valley with more mundane executive scandals.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080605/1821321322.shtml">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080605/1821321322.shtml#comments">Comments</a> | <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080605/1821321322.shtml?op=sharethis">Email This Story</a><br />
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