Statement by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Attorney Walt Brown on Behalf of Former McKesson CFO Richard Hawkins.Business Editors/Legal Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004 In response to the indictment today of former McKesson Chief Financial Officer Richard Hawkins Sir Richard Hawkins (c. 1562 – April 17, 1622, London) was a 17th century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", was the only son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins by his first marriage. by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Mr. Hawkins' attorney Walt Brown For other persons of the same name, see Walter Brown. Walter Frederick Brown (born July 28, 1926) is an American politician and was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA in the 2004 elections. , a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, released the following statement: "This indictment is a grave injustice. Mr. Hawkins is innocent and we will prove it. Far from being a collaborator in the massive fraud McKesson unknowingly inherited by acquiring HBOC HBOC HBO & Co of Georgia HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBOC Hawke's Bay Orienteering Club (New Zealand) HBOC Hunter Bird Observers Club HBOC Horse Breeders and Owners Conference , Mr. Hawkins was a victim along with McKesson and its shareholders. The evidence will show that it was Rich's insistence on transparency and his own vigorous pursuit of the facts which helped uncover the HBOC fraud. "The truth is that, as soon as Mr. Hawkins was told of the single transaction in which the indictment seeks to implicate im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. him, he immediately communicated to McKesson's auditors everything he had been told so they would give it special attention in their audit. Mr. Hawkins' conscientious conduct is flatly inconsistent with the prosecutor's hypothesis that he was aware of undisclosed facts that any competent financial professional would expect to emerge in an audit. "Mr. Hawkins had absolutely no motive to collaborate in HBOC's fraud or turn a blind eye. His compensation was entirely unaffected by HBOC's financial results, and he did not sell any McKesson stock. After having indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. the HBOC wrongdoers long ago, the prosecutor has no legitimate basis for belatedly dragging an innocent man into a criminal case five years after the fact." |
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