#4 Paul Devine

Paul Devine, supply chain manager at Apple was charged with fraud and money laundering. He divulged confidential Apple product information to suppliers. He would offer Apple suppliers details of Apple’s forthcoming product roadmaps, specifications, and pricing goals, and the companies would use that information in order to craft bids for contracts with Apple. Devine would receive payments for the information then transfer the money between a number of bank accounts, including many overseas, to obscure evidence of his activities. Devine agreed to pay a penalty of $2 million.

#3 Samuel Cohen

Samuel "Mouli" Cohen is an entrepreneur, executive, venture capitalist, and convicted felon, who has held the positions of President, Chairman, and CEO of several public and private video game companies which, according to Cohen, have "generated over $3B in shareholder value". He had a lavish style, private jets and accounts in Swiss Banks.

In 2009, Mouli Cohen defrauded investors of more than $28 million and two lawsuits were filed. Cohen told investors that his company, Ecast, was about to be acquired by Microsoft. Based on hose false representations, victims purchased some of Cohen’s founders’ shares in Ecast.

 A federal grand jury in 2010 indicted Cohen on 32 felony counts of fraud and money laundering and was arrested in August 2010. In November 2011, Cohen was found guilty of 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, and three counts of tax evasion.

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