Jeremy Keith
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Jeremy Philip Charles Keith (born 1964){{cite news | title = Derby County fraud: Three appear in court | date = 2009-03-09 | url = http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/03/09/derby-county-fraud-three-appear-in-court-66331-23101137/ | work = Sunday Mercury | accessdate = 2011-03-20}} became chief executive of Derby County after a corporation he controlled with two others bought the club out of receivership for £3 in 2003. He had previously been a director at Portsmouth and had a financial role at Leeds United.
Early life
Keith was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and moved to England when he was ten years old.{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2004/12/29/rams_jeremy_keith_profile_feature.shtml | title = Profile: Jeremy Keith | accessdate = 2011-03-20 | last = Collins | first = Charles | date = 2004-12-29 | publisher = BBC}}
Financial irregularities
Keith was charged on 12 November 2007 with conspiracy to defraud and conceal criminal property after police investigations at Derby County. In addition, former finance director Andrew Mackenzie and former director of football Murdo Mackay were charged with similar offences.{{cite news |title=Premier League five face court in Northampton|url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Premier-League-five-face-court.4310823.jp|publisher=Northampton Chronicle & Echo|date=22 July 2008| accessdate=2009-02-16}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In July 2009, Keith was convicted of false accounting and sentenced to 18 months in prison after being paid £125,000, as this payment was never approved by the club's board of directors.{{cite news | first = David | last = Conn | title = Four men sentenced to prison for Derby County fraud | date = 2009-07-20 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2009/jul/20/derbycounty-ukcrime | work = The Guardian | accessdate = 2011-03-20}} He was also disqualified from being a company director for three years. Following an appeal the sentences were reduced to nine months, with a two-year ban on being a director.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Ex-Rams-bosses-lose-appeals-conviction/story-11565077-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919050919/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Ex-Rams-bosses-lose-appeals-conviction/story-11565077-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 September 2012|title=Ex-Rams bosses lose their appeals against conviction|publisher=This is Derbyshire|accessdate=21 March 2012}}
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Category:Derby County F.C. directors
Category:English football chairmen and investors
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