1987;  apparently Finlay thought the fact that Carroll's name appeared on them would be enough for them to pass muster with the NRC.

PROCEEDINGS

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By April 1992 the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii was on the verge of procuring an indictment of FTL and Finlay.  Finlay already had one lawyer, Dennis Ing, for business matters.  He now sought the assistance of an experienced criminal defense lawyer, John Edmunds, who contacted the United States Attorney, Daniel Bent.  Bent made it clear that the United States was willing to negotiate but only if the defendants waived the five year statute of limitations.  In response to this position, FTL passed a corporate resolution, drafted by Ing, authorizing the waiver of the statute of limitations forany failure of the United States to prosecute prior to April 3, 1992.  Finlay signed this waiver on behalf of FTL.


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Thereafter Edmunds and the United States Attorney's Office continued their conversations.  In the course of them Bent stated that the United States was ready to indict FTL and Finlay at any time.  The government had already indicted Carroll, and that indictment was shown to Edmunds and to Finlay.  In the face of Bent's representations, Edmunds advised Finlay that negotiations could not go on unless Finlay authorized him to waive the statute for both Finlay and FTL.  Finlay so authorized Edmunds.  During July and August "everyone" was going to be out of town, so that it was important that a waiver be executed