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History of untruths By Peter Worthington Toronto Sun May 10, 2007 CHICAGO -- It was a packed and hushed courtroom at the Conrad Black trial when lawyer Eddie Greenspan started cross-examining David Radler yesterday afternoon, launching a savage attack on his truthfulness. Radler, Black's ex-friend and partner in the Hollinger empire for some 35 years, was obviously warned of Greenspan's legendary courtroom skills of taking no prisoners, and at first was chippy, argumentative, defiant and claiming he didn't understand what Greenspan was asking. Greenspan reminded him of his testimony under oath at a trial in B.C. where he swore...

Former Chicago Sun-Times publisher David Radler, a lawyer for the newspaper's parent company and a media holding company that was controlled until recently by Conrad Black were indicted on federal fraud charges Thursday for allegedly diverting $32 million through a series of bogus deals. The indictment alleged the three diverted the money through a series of secret deals by disguising it as noncompete fees connected to the sale of newspaper publishing groups. Radler, Mark S. Kipnis, the former top in-house lawyer for Chicago-based Hollinger International, and Toronto-based Ravelston Corp., a private company owned until this spring by Black, were accused...

<p>Conrad Black has no intention of making good on his pledge to begin paying back millions in fees to Hollinger International, The Post has learned.</p> <p>Black, the ousted head of newspaper giant Hollinger, has indicated to the company that he will not make a payment of $850,000 that is due Jan. 19, according to sources familiar with the matter.</p>

A unit of Hollinger International made bonus payments totalling $3 million (U.S.) in December, 2000, to Conrad M. Black, Hollinger's chairman and now former chief executive officer, and two of its other top executives, wiring the money to the Caribbean unit of a Canadian bank. The complex transaction, recorded in documents described by people close to the company, sheds light on at least one way Hollinger paid Black, through a transfer that also could have reduced taxes on his compensation. Other recent payments by the company to Black and other top executives were also made through wire transfers to the...

JERUSALEM POST OWNERS RESIGN; FACE CORRUPTION CHARGES Post To Be Sold, Management Reshuffled Jerusalem Post Publisher Tom Rose, Editor Bret Stephens To Be Replaced By SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer New York-----November 17........ Under heavy pressure from investors, Conrad Black will step down as chief executive of Hollinger International Inc., publisher of the Jerusalem Post and Chicago Sun-Times, and the company may be sold after an internal investigation found that fees had been improperly paid to Black and other senior executives. Several other executives are also leaving Hollinger as part of a management shakeup the company announced early Monday. David...