Eight Paradyne executives pleaded innocent.
The eight executives and the company entered pleas of not guilty to charges that they fraudulently won the largest contract ever awarded by the Social Security Administration. In Tampa, Fla., U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich tentatively set a Sept. 8 trial date. The firm and executives are charged with conspiracy, bribery, perjury and obstruction of justice in winning a $115-million contract in 1981 to computerize Social Security offices.
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