State v. Byrd

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OUTCOME:

Slate Marketing was a successful advertising company that helped build Reynolds Tobacco. But over a 10-year period, the reputable marketing company was being looted by their trusted office manager for ... millions of dollars. Harkey pieced together the layers of fraud and presented the case to a Winston-Salem jury. The trial included Harkey’s cross-examination of Rhonda Byrd where she ultimately admitted to defrauding Slate. The jury sided with Harkey and the Slate companies, ordering Byrd to prison for nearly 100-months and requiring her to pay over $1.4 million in restitution. The case was followed closely by the Winston-Salem Journal.