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No Laughing Matter: Ex-National Lampoon CEO Pleads Guilty in Stock Fraud Scheme

allan15 years ago11 years ago01 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “no laughing matter” comes Daniel Laikin, 47, the former CEO of National Lampoon. Laikin, a resident of both Indianapolis and Los Angeles, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Philadelphia to conspiracy to manipulate the humor company’s stock price from March through June 2008 by artificially increasing the price,…

National Lampoon Executive Charged With Stock Fraud: And That’s No Joke

allan16 years ago11 years ago13 mins

Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For National Lampoon , the purveyor of humor, which owns interest in such classic films as Animal House, Monday was no laughing matter. The company’s chief Executive Daniel Laikin, 46, was among seven people charged in a stock fraud scheme that involved National Lampoon and two other companies that artificially inflated stock…