NEW YORK–The New York attorney general’s office is seeking to have criminal charges dismissed against two former Marsh Inc. executives accused in a bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme, according to a person familiar with the case.
Thomas T. Green Jr. and William L. McBurnie, both former senior vps of the New York-based brokerage, are the last to stand trial of seven former Marsh executives accused in a 2005 indictment by then-New York Attorney General Eliot Sptizer. Their trial had not yet begun.
The action comes just weeks after New York County Supreme Court Judge James A. Yates acquitted three other ex-Marsh executives of all charges in the case.
Last month, those individuals--Joseph Peiser, former managing director and head of Marsh's global broking excess casualty unit; Greg J. Doherty, former Marsh senior vp and ACE USA local broking coordinator team leader; and Kathleen M. Drake, former Marsh managing director and local broking coordinator team leader--were found not guilty of scheme to defraud and restraint of trade charges by Judge Yates.
In February 2008, two other former Marsh executives, William Gilman and Edward J. McNenney, were found guilty of an antitrust charge but acquitted of all other charges.
Marsh itself has not faced any criminal sanctions over the scandal and in January 2005 paid $850 million to end officials bid-rigging and fraud probes.







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