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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. He was also the majority owner of the Buffalo Sabres franchise of the National Hockey League.
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3. 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...

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   Who was John Rigas?

   • John Rigas was a diminutive but determined high school athlete who was named to the Wellsville High School sports Hall of Fame for his prowess in football, basketball, baseball and track. “Our football coach would say, ‘Give the ball to Rigas!’”

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   Who was John Rigas and what did he do?

   • John Rigas and his son Timothy, who acted as Adelphia’s chief financial officer, were each found guilty on 18 felony counts of conspiracy, bank fraud and securities fraud in 2004. In all, Mr. Rigas and his family were accused of looting hundreds of millions of dollars from the firm.

   John Rigas, cable television executive who went to federal prison for

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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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   • John Rigas was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison but was released in 2019. He is the cable television executive who went to federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud. Michael Rigas, another individual, was found not guilty of these charges, and a mistrial was declared on charges of bank fraud and securities fraud against him. At John Rigas' sentencing, he called himself a ‘little guy who started from nothing.’

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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.

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   Sep 30, 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.

8. 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...

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   Oct 1, 2021 · John J. Rigas, who built Adelphia Communications into the sixth-largest cable company in the country and whose 2007 jailing for stealing millions of dollars from the firm made him a prominent...

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10. www.wivb.com › news › local-newsJohn Rigas, former Sabres owner and convicted Adelphia ...

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    Sep 30, 2021 · BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Adelphia Communications founder and former Buffalo Sabres owner John Rigas died Thursday in Pennsylvania. He was 96. Rigas, a Wellsville native and Army veteran, turned...

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

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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 afflicted the company over decades, died in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 30. He was 96 years old.