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- NAME: Mark Swartz
- OCCUPATION: Business Leader, Criminal
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Mark Swartz is best known for the 2002 Tyco corporate fraud scandal that lead to jail time.
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Play NowMark Swartz. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 02:50, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389.
Mark Swartz. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
"Mark Swartz." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 24 2013, 02:50 http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389.
"Mark Swartz," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389 [accessed May 24, 2013].
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Mark Swartz [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389.
Mark Swartz, http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389 (last visited May 24, 2013).
Mark Swartz. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/mark-swartz-235389. Accessed May 24, 2013.
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Business executive and convict. As the former CFO of Tyco International, Mark Swartz was convicted of looting the company of hundreds of millions of dollars to fund an extravagant lifestyle. In 2005, a state court jury charged him with grand larceny, securities fraud, and falsifying business records. He was sentenced to at least eight years and four months of prison and ordered to pay $72 million in fines and restitution.
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