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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Kari Paul

Mike Lynch: four key takeaways from the fraud trial of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’

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Mike Lynch leaves the high court in London in 2019. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

A US jury has begun deliberating the fate of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch in a corporate fraud trial that began in March, as a years-long saga over a 2011 acquisition deal approaches its end.

Lynch is charged with 15 counts of fraud, though originally he faced 16; one count of securities fraud was dismissed last week in a notable victory for his defense.

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