Starkey’s longtime former president Jerry Ruzicka, CFO Scott Nelson and vice president of human resources Larry Miller were all fired in September 2015.
Two former executives from America’s largest hearing aid manufacturer, Starkey Hearing Technologies, are set to go on trial this week in Minneapolis on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Starkey’s longtime former president Jerry Ruzicka, chief financial officer Scott Nelson and vice president of human resources Larry Miller were all fired in September 2015 by Starkey’s billionaire founder and CEO Bill Austin. Ruzicka and Miller filed wrongful termination lawsuits within months of being fired. Those suits were put on hold after the U.S. attorney’s office of Minnesota, where the company is headquartered, indicted the pair along with Nelson and two other former business associates on Sept. 21, 2016.
