Name: Court Result & Sentencing: Data Anonymised
Start: 2011-06-20
Location: Southwark Crown Court

Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence

Offence: Making a statement known to be materially false or misleading or recklessly making a statement which is materially false or misleading [3 counts]
Sentence: Custodial immediate
Length: 12 Months

Total Sentence: 12 Months
Likely Release / Eligibility Date: 21/1/2012
Sentenced Upon: Conviction After Trial
Distinguishing Features / Details: Pearson, former chief executive of AIM-listed investment services company Langbar International falsely claiming that the company had assets held by Banco do Brasil. Pearson claimed some of these assets would be transferred to the company artificially inflating it's share price.

The jury acquitted him on nine other charges.

Pearson was also disqualified from acting as a company director for five years.
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