Samuel D Waksal

Former CEO of the biopharma company he founded, ImClone Systems, Inc.

In June 2002, Samuel D. Waksal, CEO of the biopharma company he founded, ImClone Systems, Inc., was indicted on insider trading and fraud charges after attempting to sell some 80,000 shares of the company stock prior to a negative report on its anti-cancer drug, Erbitux, which was to be issued by the FDA. Waksal also allegedly tipped off friends and relatives with insider information, including Martha Stewart, whose daughter Alexis, he had reportedly been dating for a number of years. In October 2002, he pled guilty to six charges of bank fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice and perjury. In March 2003 he also pled guilty to additional charges of conspiracy and wire fraud related to sales of artwork he owned. Waksal was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison and ordered to pay some $4.3 million in restitution. He served out his sentence at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institute in New York.

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Brooke Garber Neidich	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Cheryl Saban	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Senate 2000, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Betsy Cohn	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Hill PAC, William Owens, Hillary Victory Fund
George Soros	Hillary Clinton, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, William Owens, Hillary Victory Fund
John Koza	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Lionel I Pincus	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Max Baucus, Mark Green
Maurice Tempelsman	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Max Baucus
Norm Brownstein	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Peter Buttenwieser	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, William Owens
Jonathan M Tisch	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Hillary Victory Fund
Paul J Elston	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, Mark Green, Hillary Victory Fund
Tony Podesta	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, William Owens, Hillary Victory Fund
Leonard A Lauder	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Edgar Bronfman Jr	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, William Owens
Dennis Mehiel	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, Mark Green, Hillary Victory Fund
Peter W May	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Max Baucus
Howard J Rubenstein	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, Mark Green
Arthur Ortenberg	Hillary Clinton, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, William Owens
John A Merrigan	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick
Leon Black	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Max Baucus

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Samuel D Waksal

Former CEO of the biopharma company he founded, ImClone Systems, Inc.

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