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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David Bonderman	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Joseph Fichera	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, 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, Mark Green
Richard Blum	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, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus
Melanie Barnes	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Hill PAC, Max Baucus
Alan B Slifka	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Senate 2000, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Mark Green
Jay T Snyder	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Max Baucus
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
Andrew Tobias	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Mark Green, William Owens, Hillary Victory Fund
Ronald Rapoport	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, New York Senate 2000, Max Baucus, Mark Green
Irene Schwartz	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, Hill PAC, Mark Green
George S Kaufman	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus, Mark Green
Carl Spielvogel	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, Hill PAC, Mark Green
David S Steiner	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, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus
Laurie M Tisch	Hillary Clinton, 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 Senate 2000, New York State Democratic Committee, Hill PAC, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund
Al Dwoskin	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick, Max Baucus
Ronald M Meyer	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, 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, New York Senate 2000, Max Baucus, Mark Green, Hillary Victory Fund
Mark Gallogly	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, 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, New York State Democratic Committee, Max Baucus, Mark Green, Hillary Victory Fund
Gerald S J Cassidy	Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Max Baucus
Frank J Biondi Jr	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Hill PAC, Walter Clifford Minnick, Mark Green, Hillary Victory Fund
Rob Reiner	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Robert Jan Mrazek, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, New York Senate 2000, Max Baucus, Hillary Victory Fund

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Samuel D Waksal

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

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