Two years ago, Federal District Court Judge Ancer Haggerty dismissed a series of criminal indictments against three executives at FLIR Systems, and granted motions to suppress statements the three made to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The judge also blasted the “egregious behavior of the government” in using a civil SEC probe as cover to gather information for a criminal Justice Department investigation. At the time, critics of heavy-handed prosecutors hailed Haggerty’s decision as long overdue.
