<p>TOKYO The former chairman of Olympus, the camera maker that has been embroiled in one of Japan's biggest accounting frauds, was found guilty Wednesday by a Tokyo court of abetting the $1.7 billion cover-up. Jiji Press/Agence France-Presse Getty Images</p><p>Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former chairman of Olympus, enters Tokyo District Court on Wednesday. Luke MacGregor/Reuters</p><p>Michael Woodford, Olympus's former chief, was fired for questioning a series of payouts made by the company.</p><p>However, a suspended three-year sentence for the executive, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, means he is likely to avoid prison.</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/business/global/suspended-sentences-in-olympus-accounting-fraud-case.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/03/news/companies/olympus-executives-fraud/index.html?section=money_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+(Top+Stories)">Ex-Olympus executives sentenced for fraud</a> (CNN)</p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323899704578583091102023674.html">Tokyo Court Gives Suspended Prison Sentences to Olympus Employees ...</a> (Wall Street Journal)</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-03/ex-olympus-chairman-gets-suspended-sentence-for-accounting-fraud.html">Ex-Olympus Chairman Gets Suspended Sentence for Accounting Fraud</a> (Bloomberg)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dv2VOl158wGJvbM0Yt8G8zB7TOM4M&ned=us">73 additional articles.</a></p>