TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Computer Firm President OK After Kidnaping: The president of a Mountain View, Calif.-based computer software company was freed unharmed after being held by kidnapers for nearly a week, authorities said. The FBI arrested two men and seized $650,000 in ransom money Saturday after an arrangement to pay the ransom was made by the kidnap victim’s wife. Adobe Systems Inc. President Charles Geschke, 52, was kidnaped at gunpoint from his home last Tuesday and held until he was freed at a rented house in Hollister, Calif. Mouhannad Ali Bukhari, 26, of San Jose and Ahmad Mohammed Sayeh, 25, of Campbell, Calif., were arrested after Geschke’s wife was told to bring the money to a deserted beach near Monterey.