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  • Press Secretary Lends Credibility To Rigas 'Claims of Media Manipulation By Bush Administration yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Press Secretary Lends Credibility To Rigas\ 'Claims of Media Manipulation By Bush Administration'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Former Presidential Press Secretary Scott McClellan\'s statements about how the Bush Administration managed the press, to influence the start of the Iraq War, lends a great deal of credibility to the Rigas family\'s claims that they were the victim of Bush\'s media blitz against them to prove that Bush was doing something about corporate corruption.'

    Press Secretary Lends Credibility To Rigas' Claims of Media Manipulation By Bush Administration 2008

  • But today, as he sits in his fourth floor office overlooking Berkeley Square, despite holding the position of chief executive officer of Asprey International, Mr. Rigas is somewhat reticent about his part in the turnaround of the company.

    Asset Manager Looks for Investment Jewels William Lyons 2010

  • A 90-unit building at 150 Fourth Ave. with retail space on its ground floor appears close to completion, and Gregory Rigas, the developer of 574 Fourth Ave., at 16th Street, says its 80 rental apartments are soon to go on the market.

    A Foot-Friendly Fourth Remains Elusive Melanie Lefkowitz 2010

  • In many other cases, "there is a dead body, a broken window, a missing television, so the issue is more about who committed that crime," said Lawrence G. McMichael , a lawyer for John Rigas and Timothy Rigas .

    Rajaratnam's Biggest Bet Yet Michael Rothfeld 2011

  • The high court refused to consider a bid by Adelphia's founder John Rigas and his son to have their prison sentences reduced.

    High Court Rejects Appeal From 9/11 Families 2010

  • A jury found John Rigas and his son Timothy Rigas, the company's former chief financial officer, guilty of securities and banking fraud in 2004.

    High Court Rejects Appeal From 9/11 Families 2010

  • Gregory Rigas, whose group plans to develop the site, says it is being excavated.

    A Foot-Friendly Fourth Remains Elusive Melanie Lefkowitz 2010

  • In 2006, after racking up substantial losses then disposing of its N ew Bond Street shop in a sale-and-leaseback deal, it was rescued by John Rigas, the Greek-born chief executive of U.S. private equity firm, Sciens Capital Management.

    Asset Manager Looks for Investment Jewels William Lyons 2010

  • In that sordid case, the company inflated earnings to meet Wall Street's expectations, falsified operations statistics, and concealed blatant self-dealing by the founding family, the Rigas, who collected $3.1 billion in off-balance-sheet loans backed by Adelphia.

    Jeff Schweitzer: Myths of Wall Street, the Sequel: Fat Finger Fandango 2010

  • Rigas was one of the founders in 1952 of Adelphia, which became one of the largest cable companies in the United States and a growing player in telecommunications before its bankruptcy filing in 2002.

    Tech's most notorious CEO scandals 2010

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