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father's death but had to resign when the pensions scandal broke. Together with brother Kevin in 1996, he was cleared of fraud charges related to Robert Maxwell's business dealings. But the 44-year-old endured the break-up of his marriage to TV producer Laura Plumb. He is a director of 31 companies, four of

evin Maxwell, 36, son of the late media baron Robert Maxwell, was acquitted on Friday - along with his brother Ian, 39, and former company director Larry Trachtenberg - after a trial lasting 131 days. It was alleged the trio had fraudulently used L122m of pensioners' money. The trial is estimated to have cost mor

of the Serious Fraud Office. who announced his impending retirement yesterday, has insisted his decision is not related to the failed prosecution of Robert Maxwell's sons. Mr George Staple will not seek renewal of his contract when it expires in 1997. Yesterday, he said he had always planned to step down at the

Kevin Maxwell. 36, son of the late media baron Robert Maxwell, was acquitted on Friday - along with his brother Ian, 39, and fonner company director Larry Trachtenberg - after a trial lasting 131 days. It was alleged the trio had fraudulently used L122m of pensioners' money. The trial is estimated to have cost mor

: Maxwell's sons charged with fraud BYLINE: CHRISTINA SPENCER; CITIZEN DATELINE: London BODY: Seven months after the sudden death of media tycoon Robert Maxwell and the dramatic collapse of his empire, his two sons were arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud Thursday. Ian Maxwell, 36, and Kevin, 33

aud Thursday. Ian Maxwell, 36, and Kevin, 33 appeared in a London court. They were released after posting a combined bail in excess of $I million. Larry Trachtenberg, a former director of the company that handled the Maxwell empire's pension funds, was also charged. Both Trachtenberg and Kevin Maxwell face severa

d misuse of the companies' pension funds. The four defendants have denied the charges of defrauding Maxwell pensioners after the mysterious death of Robert Maxwell in November 1991. They are alleged to have misused shares belonging to the pension funds as collateral for bank overdrafts to help prop up the Maxw

belonging to the pension funds as collateral for bank overdrafts to help prop up the Maxwell companies. On trial alongside the Maxwell brothers are Larry Trachtenberg. who was a director of various Maxwell companies, and Robert Bunn, fonner finance director of the main public company in the Maxwell empire. Maxwell

urse." IT'S THE MAXWELL CURSE Sunday,February 25,2001 By PAUL THARP It's nearly a decade since the mysterious sea death of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell, but his heirs are still having trouble shaking the family curse. Three businesses his offspring have gotten involved in are facing serious financi

pany, Westboume Communications Ltd., which helped companies climb aboard the surging Internet tide. Kevin Maxwell and one of his father's top hands, Larry Trachtenberg, 47, who also was acquitted in the criminal trials, eventually got a major stake in Telemonde Inc. last year, a global telecommunications company ba