Besicorp CEO Releases Book On Perils of Legal System.KINGSTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999-- Besicorp Ltd. announced today that Mad-Dog Prosecutors and Other Hazards of American Business, a book authored by CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Michael Zinn has been released. The 280-page hardcover book describes Zinn's battles with corporate raiders, class-action attorneys, and the traumatic federal investigation of his company instigated by the raiders. The book also tells of the ill-fated 1992 election campaign by Congressman Maurice Hinchey Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (born October 27, 1938), is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 22nd Congressional District of New York since 2003 (formerly the 26th District). , which resulted in criminal charges against Besicorp Group Inc. and Zinn for election law violations. Zinn, who founded Besicorp in a garage in 1976, describes the decades he spent building Besicorp into a $100 million American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. company. Besicorp was targeted for take-over by corporate raiders, and when Zinn refused to succumb to their extortionate demands, they began an organized campaign of character assassination character assassination n. A vicious personal verbal attack, especially one intended to destroy or damage a public figure's reputation. character assassin n. , malicious strike-suit litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , and fomenting of civil and criminal investigations, all designed to force the company into submission. The raiders succeeded in instigating a wide-ranging criminal investigation into the Company which Zinn characterized as a fishing expedition Also known as a "fishing trip." Using the courts to find out information beyond the fair scope of the lawsuit. The loose, vague, unfocused questioning of a witness or the overly broad use of the discovery process. designed to find "crimes." The federal government brought charges that Besicorp and Zinn violated federal election laws in 1992 when Zinn served as finance chairman for Congressman Maurice Hinchey's first race in the 26th C.D. Faced with the prospect of a long prison term if convicted at trial, Zinn entered a plea-bargain. Zinn's book, released on November 15th by Station Hill Press/Barrytown LTD., has received positive reviews from Professor Alan M. Dershowitz of Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. , who stated "Every American who cares about justice should read this book." Alan Ellis, past president of the American Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys called Zinn's book "a fast read page turner. It is a shocking story about prosecutorial pros·e·cu·to·ri·al adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution: "a huge investigative and prosecutorial effort" Lucian K. Truscott IV. abuse; what happened to Michael Zinn can happen to anyone." Zinn says he decided to tell the story of what happened to him and his company "to bring attention to the depravity that is present within America's legal system. There is grave danger to those companies that don't understand the risk out there. That corporate predators can corrupt the power of federal law enforcement should ring alarms all across America. Once set in motion, federal law enforcement is like a beast that must be fed. Like most Americans, I once believed in the incorruptibility in·cor·rupt·i·ble adj. 1. Incapable of being morally corrupted. 2. Not subject to corruption or decay. in of American justice and didn't understand the risks of being targeted for prosecution. It seems that there's been an explosion of prosecutions for offenses that a generation ago weren't even crimes. It's time to make people aware, before it's too late." Mad-Dog Prosecutors and Other Hazards of American Business is available in bookstores and on-line. Zinn has a book-related website, www.maddogprosecutors.com, which has links to relevant sites and news, as well as to Amazon.com and to Besicorp's corporate web site, www.besicorp.com. Besicorp Ltd. specializes in the development of environmentally-sound independent power projects and renewable technologies. |
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