A superyacht that sank off the Sicilian coast during a storm left six passengers missing, including British tech kingpin Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah. Lynch was acquitted in June in a longrunning U.S. fraud case and was apparently aboard the yacht with some of the people who stood by him throughout the ordeal. One of Lynch’s U.S.
FILE - British tech magnate Mike Lynch walks into federal court in San Francisco, March 26, 2024, Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello Santa Flavia, Italy , Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. British tech giant Mike Lynch, his lawyer and four other people are among those missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily, Italy ’s civil protection and authorities said. Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived.
Lynch steadfastly denied any wrongdoing, asserting that he was being made a scapegoat for HP’s own bungling — a position he maintained while testifying before a jury during a 2 1/2 month trial in San Francisco earlier this year. U.S. Justice Department prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses in an attempt to prove their allegations against Lynch.
In a LinkedIn post soon after Lynch’s acquittal, Morvillo paid tribute to the team of lawyers who worked on the case and also his wife and two daughters. The case has “covered one third of my career,” he said. “It has been a constant presence in my life for the last 12 years.”
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