Sorry to dissapoint, Goose, but third-hand, he was shown the door without so much as a pat on the ass or a few weeks of travel benefits.
I know you like to believe management is a happy fraternity of arse-kissers, but people do get fired when they get caught cooking the books or their numbers, even when they have 20 years and friends in high places. BB was a second gen AA'er, and even that didn't save him.
No severence is the same fate a couple of other high-time people (L5 and above) got over the past couple of months, some who got thought they were above Regs, and others who simply violated Rule 30-something -- "Thou shalt not be stupid"