F. David Radler (born 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian executive active in finance and news media.
[1] In the 1980s Radler was in charge of the sale of Argus Corporation's Dominion supermarket chain to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, or A&P.
Radler, who has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, since the early 1970s, created a company called Horizon Publications Inc.
On 20 September 2005, Radler pleaded guilty in a Chicago court to one count of mail fraud in relation to the 'non-compete' payments.
The prosecution argued that these moneys belonged to Hollinger International, and had been improperly and secretly diverted to Black and Radler.
While the board’s ethical decision was rightly lauded, the complexities of the gift, and the uncertainty about the rules at the time, created lingering confusion.
On 18 March 2007, it was reported that Mr. Radler had signed a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that will see him pay a penalty of almost US$29 million and prevent him from acting as an officer or director of any public company in the United States.
Radler started serving his 29-month sentence for fraud on 25 February 2008 by reporting to Moshannon Valley Correctional Center in Pennsylvania.