Mike Lynch feared he would die in prison if convicted Tech British tech mogul Mike Lynch thought he would die in jail if he had not been cleared of defrauding Hewlett-Packard (HP) in a multi-billion-dollar deal.
Hewlett-Packard: Cost cutting boosts HP profit but UK sales slip further away from £1bn mark Technology Revenue at the UK arm of Hewlett-Packard (HP) slipped further away from the £1bn mark during its latest financial year while a range of cost reduction measures boosted its profit.
British tech giant Mike Lynch acquitted after 12-year legal battle Tech Lynch was initially charged with 16 counts, including wire fraud and conspiracy but one charge of securities fraud was dropped during the trial.