PR Exec Pleads Not Guilty; Trial Date Set

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BOSTON John Stodder, the former senior vp at Omnicom Group’s Fleishman-Hillard who last month was indicted on 11 counts of wire fraud, has pleaded not guilty, according to a representative at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

Stodder is free on bail. His trial is set to begin Aug. 2.

The charges stem from an alleged scheme to overbill the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for public relations services. Each charge carries a maximum 20-year prison term [Adweek Online, Jan.



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