A former Broadcom HR exec has plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges - a move that's part of the government's relentless investigation into a sweeping stock options backdating scandal. The US Attorney's Office today revealed that Nancy Tullos, the one-time VP of human resources at Broadcom, will cooperate with investigators as part of her plea agreement. Tullos was accused of telling a subordinate to erase an email that the government considered evidence of option backdating by Broadcom execs and board members.

The HR ex will appear for arraignment in Dec. According to the Attorney's Office, Tullos helped Broadcom executives recruit an engineer to the networking device company in She discussed the potential hire with executives and asked on May 25, if Broadcom planned to make an offer. More messages were exchanged over the next day that continued to debate portions of the hiring process. Tullos then left for vacation and came back on June 4 to learn that the engineer had in fact been hired, the government claims.

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