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By Staff on January 8, 2013
Todd Hansen (left), former president of Aegis-owned Posterscope in the US, will be breathing a big sigh of relief as his penalty for a $20m accounting fraud has resulted in a New York court sentence of just four months in jail, three years of supervised released and fines and restitution amounting to just over $400,000. [...]
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By Stephen Foster on June 13, 2012
It’s one of life’s ironies that former Posterscope US president Todd Hansen has pleaded guilty to a $19.7m fraud involving bumping up profits so he could secure big bonuses at the same time as the Aegis-owned out of home company has announced it is to return to China where it had been operating officially through [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged aegis, aegis germany, Aleksander Ruzicka, fraud, James Buckley, kinetic, posterscope, posterscope us, rumasa, Todd Hansen, WPP
By Stephen Foster on November 22, 2011
Out of home media is booming across the world, especially groovy new digital offerings, but the medium continues to be bedevilled by lack of transparency and, in some cases, accusations of fraud. Former Aegis-owned Posterscope US boss Todd Hansen and his finance director James Buckley have now been formally charged with an accounting fraud that [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged $19.75m write-off, acquisitions, aegis, China, focus media holding, James Buckley, kinetic, muddy waters, out of home media, out of home specialists, posterscope usa, screen network, sino-forest, Todd Hansen, us fraud charges, WPP
By Stephen Foster on November 4, 2011
Reference our story earlier today about two former Posterscope executives in the US who are due in court to face fraud charges, owner Aegis says that this does not mean that the company faces a $19.75m write-down, the revenue Todd Hansen and James Buckley are alleged to have falsified. Aegis says: “We can confirm that [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News | Tagged aegis, James Buckley, out of home, outdoor, posterscope, posterscope usa, Todd Hansen, us
By Staff on November 4, 2011
Media buyer Aegis is flying high at the moment, reporting third quarter organic revenues up 11 per cent, but the company is facing a potentially embarrassing court trial of two former executives in the US that may cast some light on the opaque business of out of home media deals. Former president Todd Hansen (pictured) [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News | Tagged aegis, bad debt, bonuses, court charge, fbi, five-year fraud, James Buckley, kinetic, neuva rumasa, out of home, performance targets, posterscope us, spain, Todd Hansen, WPP, write-offs
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