# Jeremy Keith

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{{short description|English football club charirman (born 1964)}}
{{about|the football executive|the web developer and author|Jeremy Keith (web developer)}}
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'''Jeremy Philip Charles Keith''' (born 1964)<ref>{{cite news | title = Derby County fraud: Three appear in court | date = 2009-03-09 | url = http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/03/09/derby-county-fraud-three-appear-in-court-66331-23101137/ | work = Sunday Mercury | accessdate = 2011-03-20}}</ref> became chief executive of [Derby County](/source/Derby_County_F.C.) after a corporation he controlled with two others bought the club out of receivership for £3 in 2003. He had previously been a director at [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.) and had a financial role at [Leeds United](/source/Leeds_United_F.C.).

== Early life ==

Keith was born in [Montego Bay](/source/Montego_Bay), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) and moved to [England](/source/England) when he was ten years old.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2004/12/29/rams_jeremy_keith_profile_feature.shtml | title = Profile: Jeremy Keith | access-date = 2011-03-20 | last = Collins | first = Charles | date = 2004-12-29 | publisher = [BBC](/source/BBC)}}</ref>

==Financial irregularities==
Keith was charged on 12 November 2007 with conspiracy to defraud and conceal criminal property after police investigations at [Derby County](/source/Derby_County_F.C.). In addition, former finance director Andrew Mackenzie and former director of football [Murdo Mackay](/source/Murdo_Mackay) were charged with similar offences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premier League five face court in Northampton|url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Premier-League-five-face-court.4310823.jp|publisher=Northampton Chronicle & Echo|date=22 July 2008| accessdate=2009-02-16}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In July 2009, Keith was convicted of [false accounting](/source/false_accounting) and sentenced to 18 months in prison after being paid £125,000, as this payment was never approved by the club's [board of directors](/source/board_of_directors).<ref>{{cite news | first = David | last = Conn | title = Four men sentenced to prison for Derby County fraud | date = 2009-07-20 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2009/jul/20/derbycounty-ukcrime | work = [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) | accessdate = 2011-03-20}}</ref> He was also disqualified from being a company director for three years. Following an appeal the sentences were reduced to nine months, with a two-year ban on being a director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Ex-Rams-bosses-lose-appeals-conviction/story-11565077-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919050919/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Ex-Rams-bosses-lose-appeals-conviction/story-11565077-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 September 2012|title=Ex-Rams bosses lose their appeals against conviction|publisher=This is Derbyshire|accessdate=21 March 2012}}</ref>

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