Oh, the move the New York Times is alluding to is a stock options backdating scandal, whereby ex-Comverse head Jacob Alexander allegedly manipulated his stock options illegally in America, netting himself tens of millions of dollars.

While Alexander hasn't been convicted of this yet, he's flown to Israel, cut communications with his lawyer, and wired himself $57 million, which doesn't exactly scream "innocent." So yes, it's fair to call the backdating move, "maybe a bad one."

At Comverse, Many Smart Business Moves and Maybe a Bad One [NYT]