The ex-chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in an accounting manipulation scheme that falsely inflated the trucking company's earnings and cost shareholders tens of millions of dollars, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
<p><span>The former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly-traded trucking and logistics company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday in the Eastern District of Wisconsin to 24 months in prison for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme.</span></p>