USA v. Cole

  1. November 16, 2023

    Ex-Iconix Exec Who Testified Twice Against CEO Avoids Jail

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed a former Iconix Brand Group executive to avoid prison for his role in allegedly assisting the brand licensing giant's former CEO to book fake revenue, crediting his extensive cooperation with prosecutors over two trials.

  2. October 10, 2023

    Iconix Founder Sentenced To 18 Months In Fraud Case

    Almost a year after being convicted by a jury on eight charges for what Manhattan federal prosecutors called a widespread, sophisticated accounting scheme, the founder of brand-licensing company Iconix Brand Group was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday.

  3. October 05, 2023

    Feds Seek Up To 8 Years For Convicted Iconix Founder

    Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence the founder of brand-licensing company Iconix Brand Group from six and a half years to eight years in prison, arguing that he played a leadership role in a widespread, sophisticated accounting fraud scheme.

  4. September 28, 2023

    Cuomo, Kenneth Cole Back Iconix Founder's Leniency Bid

    Touting letters of support from his fashion-designer brother Kenneth Cole and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Iconix Brand Group founder Neil Cole has asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence him to probation for allegedly fraudulent transactions that he says shouldn't overshadow an otherwise law-abiding life.

  5. November 28, 2022

    Iconix Founder Guilty In Wall Street Fraud Retrial

    A Manhattan jury on Monday convicted Iconix Brand Group founder Neil Cole on charges of fraudulently booking $11 million of revenue to hit Wall Street earnings targets in 2014, giving federal prosecutors a win a year after an initial jury refused to convict.

  6. November 21, 2022

    Iconix Founder Blasts Feds' Fraud Case As Retrial Closes

    Iconix Brand Group founder Neil Cole's defense team on Monday attacked the Manhattan U.S. attorney's case charging him with an $11 million revenue fraud, as bitter closing arguments unfolded a year after Cole first battled prosecutors to a standstill.

  7. November 10, 2022

    Ex-Iconix CEO Not Admonished For Comments During Retrial

    A New York federal judge on Thursday decided not to admonish Iconix founder Neil Cole for allegedly confronting the lawyers of former executive-turned-cooperating witness Seth Horowitz during Cole's retrial on fraud charges.

  8. November 04, 2022

    Ex-Exec Testifies At Iconix Retrial Amid $2.2M Legal Fee Row

    Iconix executive-turned-cooperating witness Seth Horowitz returned to Manhattan federal court Friday to testify against company founder Neil Cole in Cole's retrial on Wall Street fraud charges, after Horowitz's lawyer sparred with Iconix in state court over a $2.2 million legal tab.

  9. November 02, 2022

    Iconix Founder Looks To Beat Wall Street Charges At Retrial

    Iconix Brand Group founder Neil Cole told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that charges accusing him of manipulating company revenue nearly a decade ago are the product of false testimony by a spiteful former coworker who is cooperating with prosecutors.

  10. April 13, 2022

    Ex-Iconix CEO's Retrial Bumped To Oct. After Paul Weiss Exits

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday pushed the accounting fraud retrial of former Iconix Brand Group CEO Neil Cole from July to October, giving his new lawyers more time to get up to speed on the case after Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP dropped out.

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