UMG on Interscope Cocaine Charges

UMG ON COCAINE BUST: Here’s a statement from UMG regarding yesterday’s news about the indictment of Game manager James Rosemond on cocaine charges with many shipments allegedly contained in “road cases” routed through Interscope’s L.A. offices (see item below). “The information being reported in the press regarding Interscope Records’ involvement with the ongoing criminal prosecution of James Rosemond is both erroneous and completely unsupported. Interscope Records has been informed by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York that there is no evidence that any employee of UMG or Interscope Records had any involvement in the drug trafficking ring being prosecuted by that office, nor any knowledge of the contents of any of the packages that were purportedly shipped to its offices. Further, neither UMG nor Interscope Record is a subject or target of the investigation. UMG and Interscope will continue to cooperate with the United States Attorney's Office regarding this matter. (9/16p)