Hey! You must login or signup first!

Game Boss Shelley Day Jailed Tweet0 Like1 Edge Staff at 10:27am December 6 2005 Shelley Day, former boss of games publishers Hulabee and Humongous Entertainment has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud Day, 45, was found guilty of defrauding the Asia Europe Americas Bank of Seattle of more than $1.5 million. She had secured a loan against claims to be selling kids online games outfit Hulabee to Vivendi. Prosecutors said she then lied about the deal to explain delays in coming up with the money Day founded Humongous in the early 1990s, which went on to be a top three publishers of kids games It was eventually sold to GT Interactive for $76 million and then on to Infogrames and then Atari. In 2001 she founded Hulabee, made up of former Humongous staff She had formerly worked on such titles as Monkey island 2 (LucasArts) and Super Boulder Dash (EA) (Source Moby). In 1998 she appeared on Time's Digital Elite list and was lauded as one of the leading entrepreneurs of the game industry Day used the money in an attempt to buy a $3 millon house. U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly described Day as a "sophisticated, educated person setting out to defraud anyone to reach her goals". Her defense said she would be able to repay the loan once games in development reached market, but the judge rejected this plea

+5

Image #632,657


Uploaded by Paper Jam Dipper Oct 29, 2013 at 08:39PM EDT

Share Pin Download More

Origin Entry: Ruined Childhood

File type: png

Resolution: (442px x 886px)

File size: 97 KB


HOW THE F--- DID THIS HELP MY EDUCATION
SENORGIF.COM
)THE ENCHIRIDIOM GORE!!
View All 1,870 Images

Load 5 Comments

More:

Top Comments


+ Add a Comment

Comments (5)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


+ Add an Image

Image Details

1,689 views (8 from today)

Uploaded Oct 29, 2013 at 08:39PM EDT

Origin Entry

Ruined Childhood

Tags

humongous entertainment

Claim Authorship Edit History
Textile Embed