Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal

By YURI KAGEYAMA , AP Business Writer, Technology / Internet

In this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo, former dot-com star Takafumi Horie listens to questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo. A Japanese appeals court upheld Friday, July 25, 2008 the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Horie in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation\'s effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot.coms. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

(AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms.

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