Alien's Creepy IPO Ride

"But another warning sign emerged shortly after Alien Tech filed for the IPO. A few months after Eulau joined the company, Rambus disclosed that it is one of more than 80 tech companies caught up in the stock options-backdating scandal. Worse, Eulau served as Rambus' CFO from July 2001 to March 2006, the period of time that is the focus of the investigation. "