SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Judge Charles R.

By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jan. 16--Gregory Reyes, the first chief executive to be convicted in a stock-option backdating trial, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for his role in an illegal backdating scheme at San Jose-based Brocade Communications.

By JORDAN ROBERTSON SAN FRANCISCO - The former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. vouched for his co-defendant in a closely watched stock options backdating case, asserting in documents unsealed Wednesday that she didn't know she was executing improper transactions.

By Scott Herhold, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Aug. 8--He was arrogant. And it didn't help that he couldn't quite hide his contempt for witnesses. But you couldn't escape the conclusion Tuesday that Greg Reyes was caught up in something larger than himself.

By Edward Iwata In a legal victory for the Justice Department, a jury on Tuesday found Gregory Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, guilty of all charges in the first conviction of an executive in the government's nationwide crackdown on stock-option backdating.