autonomy to hewlett packard in 2011. he had been accused of inflating the value of his firm ahead of the sale but a jury has found him not guilty on all counts when autonomy was sold to hewlett packard 13 years ago, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the largest ever takeover of a british technology business. hewlett packard later business. hewlett packa rd later wrote business. hewlett packard later wrote down the company s value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett packard by defrauded hewlett packa rd by invading defrauded hewlett packard by invading the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the us to stand trial of the charges which could have put him in prison for 25 years. now, after two days of deliberations by a jury in san francisco, has been found not guilty on all counts. he said he is elated with today bosman verdict and