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InternetNews
March 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
Ebbers Found Guilty Bernard Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, is found guilty on fraud charges in connection with accounting scandal behind the collapse of Worldcom.   |
InternetNews
February 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
Sullivan: Two Sets of Books to 'Hit The Numbers' Prosecutors continue to hammer away at former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers' fraud trial with testimony from finance chief Scott Sullivan. |
InternetNews
August 11, 2005
Tim Gray |
WorldCom Finance Boss Gets Five Years The government's key witness in the biggest fraud scandal in history is spared a long sentence. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
Former WorldCom Exec Details Accounting Fraud During ongoing fraud trial, Scott Sullivan tells jurors that ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers encouraged him to cook the books at the telecom. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Ebbers' Fraud Trial Under Way Defense for former CEO of failed WorldCom seeks to point finger at others in accounting fraud trial. |
InternetNews
March 21, 2005
Tim Gray |
Tightening Honchos' White Collars The WorldCom verdict, along with legislation regulating on corporate accounting practices, has sent a clear signal to company bosses. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Big Bummer for Bernie "I didn't do it," doesn't work for ex-WorldCom czar Bernie Ebbers. He could get up to 85 years. |
BusinessWeek
December 18, 2006 |
Corporate Justice Recent decisions in cases involving Enron, Computer Associates and WorldCom. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Report: WorldCom Class-Action Accord Near Former directors said to settle a suit stemming from accounting fraud for a total of $54 million. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sullivan Does the Electric Slide The WorldCom CFO gets off easy. His victims won't be so lucky. Yes, once caught, he helped the government catch a bigger fish -- and for that he got his deal. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Ebbers: I Don't Know Nothin' WorldCom's ex-CEO claims he had no idea about the massive accounting fraud. The empire's last proxy statement is a stark lesson in the kind of abject corporate governance that any smart investor should avoid. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Joseph McCafferty |
Extreme Makeover How Robert Blakely and an army of accountants turned fraud-ridden WorldCom into squeaky-clean MCI. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Ebbers on CEO Death Row Ebbers gets no mercy: received a 25-year sentence (and there is no parole in the federal system). It's about time a clear message was sent. Hopefully, many CEOs will now think twice before engaging in illicit conduct. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Ebbers: Killing 'Em Softly WorldCom's ex-CEO says his acts of kindness earn him a shorter sentence. Bernie may indeed have been a good buddy to some, but shareholders weren't on the list. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2006
Roy Mark |
Former CA Top Salesman Gets 7 Years Former Computer Associates chief salesman Stephen Richards was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for his role in the company's financial accounting scandal that cost stockholders $400 million. |
CFO
February 2008
Katz & Homer |
WorldCom Whistle-blower Cynthia Cooper What Cynthia Cooper was feeling and thinking as she took the steps that, as it turned out, would change Corporate America. |
CFO
July 1, 2004 |
Canary Chorus At least a dozen former finance executives are preparing to sing for prosecutors... NASA still hasn't found that $2 billion... CFOs on the move... |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
CFO
Alix Nyberg |
Executive Indictments Prosecutors looking to pin corporate scandals on the top dog often press other executives for information that could prove a case against the CEO in exchange for leniency for the informers. Finance chiefs facing criminal sentencing have traditionally jumped at the offer. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Former McAfee Exec. Facing Options Charges McAfee's former general counsel is facing a seven-count federal fraud indictment over stock option grants in 2000 and 2002. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2005
Philip Durell |
How You Can Profit from Bankruptcy Investors have earned over 50% in six months on bankruptcy survivor MCI. Here's how. |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
Blame It on Boca The house of former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan has been languishing on the booming Boca market... CPA of the Month... CFOs on the move... |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
McAfee Exec.: Not Guilty on Options Charges Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts, charged with fraud and lying to SEC, gets $1 million bail. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2007
Michael Hickins |
'Justice is Served' to Nacchio Did the former Qwest CEO miss an opportunity to save himself some jail time? |
InternetNews
April 25, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Former CA CEO Kumar Pleads Guilty Former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar pleaded guilty to fraud Monday, owning up to his role in one of the most storied accounting scandals in high-tech history. |
CFO
February 1, 2005 |
Howard's End The former CFO of Fannie Mae gets sympathy from Wall Street; five years after his own fraud conviction, Cosmo Corigliano brings down Cendant's former vice chairman. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Hall of Shame Robert Brennan: Found guilty of stock fraud and fined $75 million... Meyer Blinder: Sentenced to 46 months in prison for racketeering, money laundering and stock fraud in 1992... etc. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2005
Tim Beyers |
The Real Price of Spam A 30-year-old spammer is sentenced to nine years in prison. How will that compare to Bernie Ebbers' fate? He gets sentenced June 13 for an $11 billion fraud that bilked millions of investors. The feeling is that he won't be asked to serve nine years, let alone nine months. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Bill Mann |
Lay Surrenders, Pleads Not Guilty It took more than two years for to make a case against the executive who lorded over Enron's collapse that federal prosecutors think will stick. |
CFO
June 1, 2003 |
The Plan of Plan B's Do plan B accounting firms present a real threat to the Big Four?... Master of Science in Financial Engineering program at Kent State University began trading derivatives on a simulated trading floor... Gov fails audit... Directors getting paid more... etc. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Egg On Enron Faces The people who brought about the Enron debacle are slowly starting to pay for their crimes. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Comverse Fires Former Execs Over Options Scandal Comverse Technology has fired three of its top executives a week after they were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. |
CFO
Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
Ten Questions for Barry Minkow An interview with the current head of the Fraud Discovery Institute who also served more than seven years in prison for the infamous ZZZZ Best scam. This month his new book, Cleaning Up, debuts. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Suzanne O'Malley |
Worst-case scenario I knew it was coming, but it's still hard to accept: In Texas, mental illness is not a defense to murder... |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back You say you want a TiVo-lution... And you think your kids want all of the expensive toys?... Weak end at Bernie's... |
InternetNews
November 11, 2009 |
DoJ Busts Up Eastern European Hacking Ring Feds indict seven hackers and conspirators responsible for ripping off more than $9 million from an Atlanta-based credit card processing company. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Break the Law, Earn $200K Former corporate crooks are sought after on the lecture circuit, with one, Walter Pavlo, poised to make nearly $200,000 for telling others about his malfeasance. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
DeMars & McCafferty |
Robert Schiffner, CFO of Campbell's Soup A profile of the CFO: Hitting the books... First job in a suit... Favorite job... Going Once... Going Twice... etc. |
