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Forensic Ink Evidence to Play Crucial Role in Martha Stewart Stock Trial.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003

By Bryn Nelson, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 5--As part of yesterday's 41-page federal indictment against Martha Stewart and her former stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, federal prosecutors spelled out a case that prominently features a blue ballpoint pen.

Or two.

The indictment alleges that Bacanovic altered a worksheet listing the stocks held by Martha Stewart at the Merrill Lynch brokerage firm, including her shares of ImClone. After learning of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into Stewart's sale of the ImClone stocks, the indictment reads, Bacanovic added the notation "@60" to his earlier notes to give the appearance of a pre-existing agreement to sell the shares if their...

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