Irving Optical Company Ex-CEO Flees U.S. to Avoid Federal Contempt Order

A Dallas federal judge issued contempt charges and an arrest warrant late Thursday night against a Swiss businessman who headed an Irving optical company for violating multiple court orders involving an on-going civil lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge David Godbey ordered that PFO Global ex-CEO Rudolf Suter be “coercively incarcerated” until he provides adequate answers to discovery requests under oath and pay $27,605 in attorney’s fees to his courtroom opponent, Peter Denton, who is the plaintiff in the case. Judge Godbey also ordered Suter to pay an additional $8,000 in attorney’s fees within the next 30 days.