U.S. panel approves tougher sentences for corporate criminals

Thursday, January 9, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Corporate executives who rip off investors or shred incriminating documents will be sentenced to longer prison terms under guidelines approved Wednesday by a federal panel.

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