CAROLINA INVESTORS

Larry Owen, center, former CEO of Carolina Investors, with his attorney, O.W. Bannister, right, talk with Owen's wife, Anne, during a break as his trial begins Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in Greenville, S.C. Owen has been charged with 22 counts of securities fraud. About 8,000 investors lost more than $275 million when the company went bankrupt last year. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)