Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy.
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LONDON — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is ready to be extradited to the USA to stand prison fees associated with the sale of his corporate Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, after a ruling made by means of U.Okay. internal minister Priti Patel.
Lynch bought his instrument start-up Autonomy to Hewlett Packard in 2011 for $11.7 billion.
365 days later, HP introduced an $8.8 billion writedown at the corporate, claiming that “accounting irregularities” led it to pay an excessive amount of for the company.
Previous Friday, a British pass judgement on dominated in desire of HP in a civil case towards Lynch over claims he plotted to inflate the price of Autonomy prior to it used to be purchased by means of HP.
HP gained nearly all of the costs, Justice Robert Hildyard stated, regardless that the damages could be considerably not up to the $5 billion sought by means of the corporate.
On Friday, the U.Okay. House Place of work stated it had made up our minds to approve U S. calls for to have Lynch extradited. Patel had till middle of the night to make the verdict. Lynch, who denies the allegations, can attraction the ruling.
