virginia u.s. website 1 xybernaut corporation is a provider of wearable mobile computing hardware software and services . its products included the atigo tablet pc poma wearable computer and the ma v wearable computer . 1 the company was headquartered in fairfax virginia until 2006 when it moved to chantilly virginia . contents 1 early history 2 fraud charges and bankruptcy 3 references 4 external links early history edit the company was originally founded in 1990 as computer products & services incorporated cpsi by edward g. newman . in 1994 newman s brother steven a. newman became the president of the company . the company had is initial public offering in 1996 under the new name xybernaut . 2 it subsequently posted 33 consecutive quarterly losses despite repeated promises by the newmans that profitability was right around the corner . 3 in mid 1998 former virginia governor george allen joined the company s board of directors . 4 he remained on the board until december 2000 resigning after he was elected a u.s. senator the month before . in 1998 and 1999 mcguire woods llp the law firm that allen was a partner of billed 315 925 to xybernaut for legal work . allen remained on the xybernaut board until december 2000 . he was granted 110 000 options of company stock that at their peak were worth 1.5 million but he never exercised those options which expired 90 days after he left the board . 5 in september 1999 the company s board dismissed its accounting firm pricewaterhousecoopers which had issued a report with a going concern paragraph that questioned the company s financial health . 6 this was just one of many signs that the newman brothers discouraged transparency in company accounting practices . fraud charges and bankruptcy edit in february 2005 edward and steven newman were subpoenaed by the securities and exchange commission about sales of xybernaut stock . 3 an internal company audit described improper conduct by the brothers including charging the company for personal expenses hiring family members without sec notification failing to inform the company s board about large transactions and interfering with internal audits . 3 in april 2005 they were forced to resign . 3 following their ouster the board of directors appointed perry l. nolen previously president of xybernaut s services subsidiary as president and ceo of xybernaut . in july 2005 xybernaut filed for bankruptcy reorganization . xybernaut did have some success selling its technology to retail and hospitality customers such as grocery chain tesco plc as well as government and military including the u.s. army . but tim shea a senior analyst at venture development corporation said that they ve been sowing the seeds pretty well but part of the problem is that they have this line of wearable products that were a little on the big and bulky side and had battery problems . 7 in january 2007 xybernaut emerged from bankruptcy protection following a reorganization . 8 in october 2007 edward and steven newman were indicted along with xybernaut s former general counsel martin weisberg for securities fraud and money laundering in federal district court in brooklyn new york . 9 the indictment alleges among other things that the newmans and weisberg caused xybernaut to issue hundreds of millions of xybernaut shares at below market prices to two israeli business men who in turn paid them millions of dollars in secret cash kickbacks . the israeli business men zev saltsman and menachem eiten were also indicted and are awaiting extradition to the united states . also included in the indictment is andrew broawn the former president and ceo of ramp inc. investors who were fleeced by the company and its executives continue to wait for justice to be served and the israeli businessmen extradited and the newman brothers sent to prison . 10 references edit rich smith xybernaut s hatchet job a ghoulish trick for halloween motley fool october 27 2004 xybernaut corporation new name new web site may 28 1996 press release a b c d ellen mccarthy xybernaut hid gathering storm in bright forecasts washington post april 21 2005 xybernaut october 1 1999 sb 2 sec filing archived october 1 2007 at the wayback machine . garance franke ruta just a gigolo in the go go 90s george allen sat on the board of a virginia tech company . now the company faces several class action suits and an sec insiders probe american prospect magazine issue date of september 12 2006 xybernaut sec filing form 8 k september 19 1999 ellen mccarthy xybernaut files for bankruptcy protection firm considers selling its 40 million in assets washington post july 27 2005 press release xybernaut corporation announces emergence from chapter 11 archived september 17 2007 at the wayback machine . xybernaut.com january 11 2007 u.s. v. saltsman 07 cr 641 u.s. district court eastern district of new york brooklyn press release u.s. attorney s office eastern district of new york three executives a corporate lawyer and two investors indicted for securities fraud and related charges archived october 24 2007 at the wayback machine . october 19 2007 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xybernaut & oldid 729651465 categories companies established in 1990corporate scandalsubiquitous computingtechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in virginiahidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last 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