HP's billion-euro deal fraud case result in acquittal.

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In a protracted legal battle over claims of fraud in the $11 billion acquisition of technology behemoth HP, a senior British official has managed to persuade an American jury of his innocence. The deal involving the software firm Autonomy took place in 2011.

Afterward, HP incurred massive write-offs and US prosecutors implicated Autonomy's CEO Michael Lynch and CFO Stephen Keith Chamberlain for manipulating financial statements. On Wednesday, a court in San Francisco exonerated both men as per media reports coming out of the trial.

This verdict came as a shock considering Lynch had already been found guilty in a court case in Britain in 2022. There, one of HP's successor companies, HPE, is seeking $4 billion in damages from Lynch. The Autonomy purchase is seen as one of the most disastrous takeovers in Silicon Valley.

The 58-year-old has consistently maintained his innocence and alleged that HP was attempting to make him the fall guy for the flawed transaction. The US prosecutors had charged him in San Francisco in 2018, claiming he gained a whopping $800 million from the deal. A former Autonomy CFO had also been found guilty of fraud and received a five-year sentence in jail.

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1. Despite the acquittal in the US, HP's successor company, HPE, continues to pursue a $4 billion fraud case against Mike Lynch in Great Britain.
2. The alleged fraud involved manipulating financial statements related to the additional purchase of Autonomy's software by HP in 2011.
3. The case for fraud has been a contentious issue in both Silicon Valley and the UK, with Lynch consistently maintaining his innocence.
4. The US prosecutors in San Francisco accused Lynch of gaining $800 million through the Autonomy takeover, a deal that is now seen as one of the most disastrous in Silicon Valley history.
5. The verdict in the San Francisco court was a welcome relief for Lynch, who faced allegations of fraud in another trial in Great Britain in 2022.
6. The trial in San Francisco featured testimony from experts in HP's software, Autonomy, and the IT industry in general.
7. The acquittal in San Francisco has sparked debates about the fairness of the legal system and the complexity of technology-related fraud cases.
8. Mike Lynch, now based in San Francisco, has seen his career and reputation tarnished by the fraud allegations, but he remains a prominent figure in the technology industry, particularly in the UK's Silicon Valley-like hub in Cambridge.

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