Mr. Black and the others had been accused of swindling the company out of $6.1 million by giving themselves illegal bonuses.
He also dismissed suggestions that a slush fund was used to pay illegal bonuses to senior party officials as "absolutely false".
Mr. Black, 63, and other former Hollinger International executives were accused of swindling the company out of $6.1 million by giving themselves illegal bonuses.
Although he was quickly released, he is being investigated for paying $350,000 in bribes, called "illegal bonuses," to cabinet members, and he faces questioning about the kidnapping of the son of the president of Slovakia in 1995.
A1 Retrial Begins in Tyco Case Prosecutors rewrote their opening script for the retrial of L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz, focusing them on the core charges -- that the former Tyco executives awarded themselves millions in illegal bonuses.
Mr. Kozlowski and Tyco's former chief financial officer, Mark H. Swartz, have been on trial on charges they stole $170 million from the company by taking illegal bonuses and corrupting Tyco loan programs.
More war Giuliano Amato, Italy's agile stopgap The arrest of Vladimir Meciar Fresh start Central Europe's Polish big'un ReprintsThe architect of Slovakia's independence was freed on bail after being charged with paying illegal bonuses worth $350,000 to his cabinet ministers during his time in office.
Both the Federal and California governments are conducting criminal investigations into the legality of the sales, asking such questions as whether unlicensed bank employees were selling the bonds, whether illegal bonuses were paid to the best salesmen and whether Lincoln concealed the true financial condition of its parent company.
The teams have met just once before in the FA Cup, Sunderland winning 7-1 in the 1967 four round, a game which would have very serious repercussions for Peterborough – illegal bonuses offered to their players in the run-up to the game, leading to Posh, who were eighth in the Third Division at the time, being forcibly demoted at the end of the season.
