SEC to Drop Long-Running Fraud Case Against Ex-Rio Tinto CFO over African Coal Assets
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AI-Powered 70% GROQ-LLAMA-3.1-8B-INSTANTThe SEC is dropping a long-running fraud case against former Rio Tinto CFO Guy Elliott, related to the company's 2011 acquisition of African coal assets, after eight years.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping a fraud lawsuit against former Rio Tinto Ltd. chief financial officer Guy Elliott, eight years after accusing him and others of inflating the value of African coal assets the company acquired in a disastrous 2011 deal.
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The SEC is dropping a long-running fraud case against former Rio Tinto CFO Guy Elliott, related to the company's 2011 acquisition of African coal assets, after eight years.
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