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MILKEN RECIEVES 10 YEARS
November 21, 1990

On this day in 1990 Michael Milken was sentenced to 10 years in prison for various securities laws infractions. Milken was the CEO of Drexel Burnham and during the 1980s was considered a Wall Street heavy weight. But his success was seemingly built and maintained with corrupt practices. After a four-year probe on his business practices Milken was brought in to face justice in 1990.

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Before class open multiple windows onscreen to move quickly between Web pages. To create multiple windows, hold down the mouse button on a link (Mac) or right-click (PC) and select the New Window option in the pop-up menu.