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1. www.nytimes.com › john-j-rigas-deadJohn J. Rigas, Cable TV Magnate Who Pillaged His Company ...

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   Sep 30, 2021 · John J. Rigas, who turned a $300 investment in a local cable television system into the nation’s sixth largest cable company, only to see his empire collapse after he was convicted of looting...

2. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › john-j-rigas-diesJohn J. Rigas Dies: Former Adelphia Cable TV Company Founder ...

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   Oct 1, 2021 · John J. Rigas, whose high-flying success as the founder of Adelphia Cable ended in disgrace and prison over shareholder fraud, died today in Coudersport, Pa.

3. www.nexttv.com › news › john-rigas-disgraced-adelphiJohn Rigas, Disgraced Adelphia Communications Founder, Dies at 96

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   Oct 1, 2021 · John Rigas, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Adelphia Communications who was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a massive fraud scheme that pillaged the company over decades, died.

4. www.yahoo.com › news › dying-adelphia-founder-johnDying Adelphia founder, John Rigas, to be freed from prison

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   Feb 20, 2016 · NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the release from prison of John Rigas, the Adelphia Communications Corp founder convicted over a fraud that led to the cable TV company's...

5. www.wsj.com › articles › john-rigas-who-built-cableJohn Rigas, Who Built Cable Firm Adelphia Before Fraud Felled ...

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   Oct 1, 2021 · John Rigas, who turned a small western Pennsylvania cable channel into the nation’s fifth-largest cable operator before its fraudulent collapse landed him in prison, died Thursday at the age of...

6. apnews.com › general-news-79f559c8d3ee420596fCable company founder Rigas leaves prison in early release

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   Feb 22, 2016 · Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas left a federal prison in Waymart, Pennsylvania, around noon, according to lawyer Larry McMichael. Rigas, who suffers from bladder cancer, was able to walk to the car on his own as he left the prison, McMichael said.

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   Who are Tim Rigas and John Rigas?

   • Tim Rigas and John Rigas are the CFO and founder of Adelphia Communications, respectively. They were sentenced to 20 and 15 years in prison respectively — sentences that were later reduced to 17 and 12 years — after a jury convicted them on charges of securities fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy in 2004.

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   What happened to John Rigas?

   • John Rigas was convicted of the charges in the summer of 2004, and on June 27, 2005, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Adelphia Corporation filed for bankruptcy after it acknowledged that the three Rigases had taken $3.1 billion in loans that were not recorded on the books.

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   When did Tim Rigas and John Rigas go to jail?

   • Tim and John Rigas went to jail in mid-August 2007. John Rigas was released in 2016 when a federal judge granted him a compassionate early release due to his battle with cancer. Tim is still in prison, and both men are working to have their convictions overturned.

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   What happened to Timothy Rigas?

   • Timothy Rigas was released from prison in July 2019 after serving 12 years. The case began in 2002, when prosecutors asserted that the Rigases had concealed nearly $2.3 billion in company debt from stockholders while portraying the company as having sound finances even though it was dangerously overextended.

   John J. Rigas, Cable TV Magnate Who Pillaged His Company, Dies at 96

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_RigasJohn Rigas - Wikipedia

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   John James Rigas (November 14, 1924 – September 30, 2021) was an American businessman who was one of the founders of Adelphia Communications Corporation, which at its peak was one of the largest cable TV companies in the United States.