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Meanwhile, Black is serving a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence in Florida and former execs Peter Atkinson and Jack Boultbee are each doing two years in other American prisons. Black and Radler ran the Hollinger empire, most of which was in Canada, and they were accused of skimming off millions of dollars in phony noncompete fees when they sold off their papers piecemeal.
You can read Radler’s parole report for yourself. It let him know he got lucky yet again. “You betrayed the public’s trust and invested much of your initial effort in attempts to distance yourself from your illegal activity,” it told Radler. “You have left a trail of many victims.”
“I think I’m going to send you a bill,” said Greenspan.
“As a nongolfer,” said Radler, “that’s not going to help me.”
