Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac “Paul Devine, the Apple Inc. manager accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company secrets, won a judge’s permission to be released from prison once a $440,000 lien against his mother’s home is posted with the court,” Joel Rosenblatt reports for Reuters.

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“After a hearing today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Howard Lloyd in San Jose, California, Devine’s lawyer, Raphael Goldman, told Devine’s mother that it could take a few days for the lien against her Maryland home to be processed as collateral supporting a bail bond,” Rosenblatt reports

“Devine also posted a bond of $612,407 from his and his wife’s foreign bank accounts plus the equity in his home near San Francisco, while his brother also posted $50,000,” Rosenblatt reports. “Lloyd told Devine he must ‘continue to cooperate with the government to identify all accounts’ and transfer to the U.S. and pledge as bail another $313,000 remaining in Korean bank accounts.”

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