After the Aurelius judgment, Windstream owed $310M, plus another $60M in back interest. At the time it had just $37M on it's cash balance sheet. And in the midst of this cash crunch, TT decides it's a fine time to take $5M out of employee accounts payables as a personal bonus, board approved. Reports are that employee checks are bouncing, and payroll is quibbling over bounced check fees. Makes
what went down at Worldcom with Bernie Ebbers look like honest dealings.