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Former JJB Sports CEO sentenced to four years

Chris Ronnie, the former chief executive of JJB Sports has been sentenced to four years in prison and banned from being named a company director after accepting over 1 million pounds in a “very greedy” fraud. Ronnie was understood to be 11 million pounds in debt to Icelandic bank Kaupthing Singer Friedlander when he accepted bribes from three...

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Former JJB Sports CEO to stand fraud trial

The former chief executive officer of JJB Sports, Chris Ronnie, is set to stand trial today, after being accused of a one million pound fraud, which thought to have occurred prior to retailer's collapse into administration in 2012. The trial, taking place at Southwark Crown Court in London, sees Ronnie who was CEO at JJB Sportsbetween August...